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> the last generation of pure-blooded people and holders of possibly the only untampered gene pool left in the world. I'm no geneticist but I wonder if such st

> the last generation of pure-blooded people and holders of possibly the only untampered gene pool left in the world. I'm no geneticist but I wonder if such statements have any scientific value or even meaning. What is an "untampered" gene pool? The article mentions that they are likely to have migrated there from somewhere. Their existence was a secret to no one in the region. That they may have had a high rate of intermarriage for centuries due to relative seclusion seems likely. But is that tantamount to being "pire blooded"...

wrong_variable 7y ago
What they mean is that due to a lack of intermarriage, their genetic makeup looks very different than what it would be it they were intermarried with other local tribes. Presumably all other local tribes have already intermarried over many generations and the differences within them is minimal.
danans 7y ago
> I'm no geneticist but I wonder if such statements have any scientific value or even meaning. There's no basis for that usage. The writer just used those terms to catch the attention of people who are intrigued by the largely fictional concept of "pure-blood". At most, they might have a high concentration of particular traits due to marrying only among themselves for a long time. The ancestry that the article itself purports for the tribe - moving from Central to South Asia via the Indus Valley - would mean they intersected with several different populations along that route. That route is through the crossroads of Asia, so it's very unlikely that they are "pure-blooded" in the way that, for example, the Sentinelese Islanders are - separated from any other population for 10s of thousands of years. Despite the Brokpa's current isolation, they probably share some of their genetics with nearby South and Central Asian populations, but the article provides no citations about their genetics, despite it's casual claims. This article [1] suggests that nothing is known today about their genetics at all. Curiously, it does say they are traditionally vegan. I'm not sure that even the Sentinelese themselves are "pure-blooded" in any sense of the word, but rather they just had an earlier branching point from other human populations than most, with no contact since then. [1] https://sinchi-foundation.com/news/claims-of-aryan-ancestry-challenging-the-lifestyle-of-vegan-and-matriarchal-brokpa/ https://sinchi-foundation.com/news/claims-of-aryan-ancestry-...
sorokod 7y ago
Inbreads technically

wrong_variable 7y ago

What they mean is that due to a lack of intermarriage, their genetic makeup looks very different than what it would be it they were intermarried with other local tribes. Presumably all other local tribes have already intermarried over many generations and the differences within them is minimal.

danans 7y ago

> I'm no geneticist but I wonder if such statements have any scientific value or even meaning. There's no basis for that usage. The writer just used those terms to catch the attention of people who are intrigued by the largely fictional concept of "pure-blood". At most, they might have a high concentration of particular traits due to marrying only among themselves for a long time. The ancestry that the article itself purports for the tribe - moving from Central to South Asia via the Indus Valley - would mean they intersected with several different populations along that route. That route is through the crossroads of Asia, so it's very unlikely that they are "pure-blooded" in the way that, for example, the Sentinelese Islanders are - separated from any other population for 10s of thousands of years. Despite the Brokpa's current isolation, they probably share some of their genetics with nearby South and Central Asian populations, but the article provides no citations about their genetics, despite it's casual claims. This article [1] suggests that nothing is known today about their genetics at all. Curiously, it does say they are traditionally vegan. I'm not sure that even the Sentinelese themselves are "pure-blooded" in any sense of the word, but rather they just had an earlier branching point from other human populations than most, with no contact since then. [1] https://sinchi-foundation.com/news/claims-of-aryan-ancestry-challenging-the-lifestyle-of-vegan-and-matriarchal-brokpa/ https://sinchi-foundation.com/news/claims-of-aryan-ancestry-...

sorokod 7y ago

Inbreads technically