PM Modi tweeted in Santali on Hul Diwas, honouring the Santhal community. Here’s what to know about the language and its ...

Scientists sequenced the genomes of 2,762 individuals across India, revealing the country’s unique ancestral makeup and a ...

The scientists that discovered the remains in China believe the DNA can play a big part in unlocking the history of Tibet.

Between 600 and 100 BCE, South Asia was characterised by considerable linguistic diversity and evidence suggests that it was shaped by the coexistence of major language families: Indo-Aryan (including ...

Rock art depicting pigs at Kauva-khoh, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. Credit: Sachin K Tiwary/Banaras Hindu University A genetic study suggests that the farmers responsible for rice domestication in ...

Austroasiatic Ancestry and Early Populations in Yunnan The study also sheds light on the ancestry of Austroasiatic-speaking peoples, such as speakers of Vietnamese, Khmer, and Mon.

The group could be traced in the genes of the population speaking Austroasiatic languages today, which are spread far and wide. This implies that demographic expansions took place long before farming.

A recent genetic study published in Science presents new evidence of a previously unknown ancient human lineage in Yunnan province, southwestern China. The analysis is based on ancient DNA extracted ...