
Originally Posted by
pegasus
The paper has been released? Considering the IVC was driven by descendents Iran_N farmers I assume they would most likely be 50/50 or 40/60 like mixes , considering a lot of those PJL samples look virtually indistinguishable from many South Indian samples, both of which lack Steppe admixture. Regardless , considering the area covers 1 million square miles , more samples will be needed.
That extreme kind of ratio is more typical for forager societies in South Asia ie Paniya, Adivasi. Another thing to consider is the spread of rice farming from the South East.