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DNA could help solve mystery of the Indus Valley civilization
- tomrod 11y agoGlad to see this getting press. The Indus Valley civilization was something I first learned about in college. I think the concept of a large civilization we know little about is fascinating!
- contingencies 11y agoCheck out Angkor, Champa, Srivijaya, the (early, pre-Han) Shu Kingdom, Nanzhao, Pala, Pyu.
- takee 11y agoHow long does it take for researchers to extract DNA samples and compare it against the current population's samples? Maybe I'm being naive here but shouldn't that be a quick enough analysis? This research is going to help answer some very interesting questions.
- raddad 11y agoI just heard a program on Public Radio yesterday about the possibility of using a USB DNA sequencer to map the Zika virus like they had Ebola. They said they could get the results in a day. I can't find the PR source but here it is on The Guardian http://bit.ly/1PfrACL http://bit.ly/1PfrACL
- whelp 11y ago> answer some very interesting questions. But for political reason no one wants to answer that question. I mean as an example ... the current Egyptian population has really nothing to do with the ancient Egypt that built the pyramids.
- r0muald 11y agoOriginal article on the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/30/rakhigarhi-indian-town-unlock-mystery-indus-civilisation http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/30/rakhigarhi-indi...