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The Onge versus other Indian & SE Asian ASI proxies

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DISCUSSION The Onge are an endangered relic population with only about 100 surviving members, who inhabit the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. They are classified as Negritos, and are related to  Negritos from neighboring NE India, Burma, Cambodia, and Indonesia. The unifying physical characteristics of Negritos are short stature, curly hair, and dark pigmentation. …

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An Admixture Calculator for Eurasians

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Genealogical testing companies use highly admixed references In other posts, I have mentioned the problems with ancestry proportion tests from genealogical testing companies such as 23andMe, AncestryDNA, and FTDNA, and how useless the test results can be for describing the population history and admixture for individuals from various parts of Eurasia. For example, what does …

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