News Anthropology

India cultivated homegrown farmers

By Bruce Bower

- More than 2 years ago

Approximately 10,000 years ago, hunter-gatherers living in what’s now India adapted agricultural practices for their own purposes rather than giving way to an influx of foreign farmers, a new genetic study suggests.

Y SPREAD. Maps of India and surrounding regions denote where a Y chromosome marker occurs more frequently (dark green) and less frequently (light green) in caste populations (larger map) and tribal groups (inset).