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Though sitting on the fence, I'm looking at the nativists. The only reason: We have already read about the Aryan migration theory in our schools, and it's time we heard the other side

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Kumar Abishek
The contradictory narratives surrounding the two near-simultaneously published studies, based on the DNA analysis of human skeletons found at the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi in Haryana, have reignited the debate on the Aryan migration theory. The findings of the two studies, published in Cell and Science, did not reveal any major new information but gave ammunition to both migrant and nativist camps to fire fresh volleys. 

Though sitting on the fence, I’m looking at the nativists. The only reason: We have already read about the Aryan migration theory in our schools, and it’s time we heard the other side.

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