Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From by Tony Joseph

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✅ Language - English

✅ Dimensions - 5.5 x 8.26 inches

✅ Pages Amount 223

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Early Indians by Tony Joseph reveals that the modern Indian population is not descended from a single indigenous source, but is instead a multi-layered genetic "pizza" formed by four distinct prehistoric migrations. Using cutting-edge DNA evidence, the book explains that the genetic foundation was laid 65,000 years ago by Out-of-Africa migrants, who later mixed with Iranian agriculturists to build the urban Indus Valley Civilization. Between 2000 BCE and 1500 BCE, Central Asian Steppe pastoralists (Aryans) arrived, introducing Indo-European languages and Vedic culture, while separate migrations from Southeast Asia introduced East Asian languages and rice farming. Ultimately, Joseph demonstrates that while all Indian groups—regardless of caste or region—are deeply interconnected due to centuries of intense intermarriage, this genetic mixing abruptly stopped around 100 CE when strict caste endogamy took hold.