DNA detectives, including at Reich’s lab ... In the 20th century, the term Aryan became associated with white supremacy, after theorists of racism falsely identified them as a Germanic race ...

“Aryan-Dravidian divide a myth ... This argument was found faulty when it was shown that Y-DNA did indeed show major gene flows from outside into India within the last 4000 to 4,500 years ...

L1 is one of the earliest branches of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) tree, descended from L and diverging early in human history. This lineage is predominantly found in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Nazis embraced the Aryan myths, using them to justify genocide. But Dr. Reich said that studies on ancient DNA show just how bankrupt these Aryan stories were. “There’s all sorts of ...

For about half the people alive today, the story of where they came from just became clearer. For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ...