The sequences of 150,119 genomes in the UK Biobank: I think I have a possibility: jati obviated the need for central political authority. There is also a вЂmysteryвЂ™ in terms of how the IVC was organized sociopolitically. ThereвЂ™s genetic differences indicating strong endogamy across South India among non-Brahmin groups. Instead of bringing strict endogamy to the subcontinent, the Indo-Aryans adopted indigenous forms. So why is India so different? One hypothesis that some make is that the Indo-Aryans were racially so different from the indigenous people. We provide insights into the Mycenaean period of the Aegean by documenting variation in the proportion of steppe ancestry (including some individuals who lack it altogether), and finding no evidence for systematic differences in steppe ancestry among social strata, such as those of the elite buried at the Palace of Nestor in Pylos. In the Balkans, we reveal a patchwork of Bronze Age populations with diverse proportions of steppe ancestry in the aftermath of the ~3000 BCE Yamnaya migrations, paralleling the linguistic diversity of Paleo-Balkan speakers. There is no stratification by class when it comes to steppe ancestry. I was thinking about it when reflecting on work to come out soon from David ReichвЂ™s lab on ancient Pontic steppe ancestry in Bronze Age Greece. But only the Indian subcontinent has jati. IвЂ™m talking here of DumezilвЂ™s trifunctional hypothesis, warrior, priest and commoner.

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