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There have been a number of genetic studies[1] that can identify caste heredity going back to almost the time of the Vedas showing VERY little genetic mixing be
by ch4s3 4y ago
There have been a number of genetic studies[1] that can identify caste heredity going back to almost the time of the Vedas showing VERY little genetic mixing between the castes.
[1] https://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetic-study-finds-caste-system-ancient-india-began-about-2000-years-ago https://hms.harvard.edu/news/genetic-study-finds-caste-syste...
- monetus 4y agoI think the link through in that article is sadly dead, but I still found it. Wow, that is less intermingling than I would have guessed. I knew that caste had been there for ages, but it is still a bit astonishing to read that.
- ch4s3 4y agoOops, I may have chopped off a few characters. Yeah there were essentially only a handful of upper caste men gathering children with lower caste women and virtually no other mixing for thousands of years.