On a different note, I just read the New Yorker article on Kahtryn Paige Harden. I was actually surprised to see you pegged as a "conservative" since I had actually not thought of you in strictly political terms until then.
But this anecdote in the article about Harden really struck me:
"When their cohort [from Russell Sage Foundation, I believe] went to see “Hamilton,” the others professed surprise that Harden and Tucker-Drob had enjoyed it, as if their work could be done only by people uncomfortable with an inclusive vision of American history."
If that cohort included researches from the foundation, Is it fair to think that the same kind of narrowness and stereotyping affects their research? It's really bothered to read that.
I take it from their absence in the PCA that no one has looked at Nuristani DNA yet? I'm guessing it's not too different from the nearby Kalasha, despite speaking different Indo-Aryan languages, but we may be surprised.
Amazing post Razib, my R1a1a brother! I need to go back and read it again slowly with a map next to me. Thank you for all of the amazing information you provide. I'll come back with a couple of questions this evening!
Wonderful post. I got a little bit lost in the geography about 1/3 of the way through the post, but I'm also very unfamiliar with central Asian geography.
It really is striking how much religious and cultural diversity survives in some corners of the world.
On a different note, I just read the New Yorker article on Kahtryn Paige Harden. I was actually surprised to see you pegged as a "conservative" since I had actually not thought of you in strictly political terms until then.
But this anecdote in the article about Harden really struck me:
"When their cohort [from Russell Sage Foundation, I believe] went to see “Hamilton,” the others professed surprise that Harden and Tucker-Drob had enjoyed it, as if their work could be done only by people uncomfortable with an inclusive vision of American history."
If that cohort included researches from the foundation, Is it fair to think that the same kind of narrowness and stereotyping affects their research? It's really bothered to read that.
I take it from their absence in the PCA that no one has looked at Nuristani DNA yet? I'm guessing it's not too different from the nearby Kalasha, despite speaking different Indo-Aryan languages, but we may be surprised.
Great article. Minor update, Afghan is now (as of 2020) counted as “Asian” per the Census. See page 161:
https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/2020/technical-documentation/complete-tech-docs/summary-file/2020Census_PL94_171Redistricting_NationalTechDoc.pdf
Amazing post Razib, my R1a1a brother! I need to go back and read it again slowly with a map next to me. Thank you for all of the amazing information you provide. I'll come back with a couple of questions this evening!
Wonderful post. I got a little bit lost in the geography about 1/3 of the way through the post, but I'm also very unfamiliar with central Asian geography.
It really is striking how much religious and cultural diversity survives in some corners of the world.