Discover the genetic origins of the people of India, including the ancient ANI and ASI populations, and the impact of caste.

Several misconceptions exist surrounding Indian ethnogenesis and ancestry, including a strict difference between South and North Indians, the “Aryan Invasion,” the Indus Valley Civilization ...

South Asian Hunter-Gatherers (AASI - Ancient Ancestral South Indians): These are the earliest known inhabitants of the Indian subcontinent, whose presence dates back at least 50,000 years.

Scientists sequenced the genomes of 2,762 individuals across India, revealing the country’s unique ancestral makeup and a wealth of previously undocumented disease-related gene variants. The ...

Archaeological evidence, including from the Mehrgarh site in present-day Pakistan, suggests that agriculture in South Asia began 8,000–9,000 years ago, likely introduced by Neolithic farmers ...

“Even among South Indian populations, we find that the Sinhalese are genetically closest to those communities that have higher proportions of the so-called ASI or Ancestral South Indian ancestry ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian repatriated ancestral remains to Indigenous communities represented by the Confederation of Pueblo Kayambi in Pichincha Province, Federation of ...