VARANASI: Was Max Muller at fault when
he propagated the White Invasion theory? Did Aryan Invasion did not take place?
Are we going to witness a change in world history? If reports of Prof Lalji
Singh — an internationally acclaimed biotechnology expert — are to
be believed, recent studies and research work on tracing genetic lineage of
primitive human species have already suggested a different world history, enough
to prove a major breakthrough in this field.
Prof Singh of Centre
for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, who was in the city on
Friday to inaugurate the three-day international conference on emerging trends
in biotechnology organised by School of Biotechnology, Banaras Hindu University,
told reporters that the recent studies would also change the theory of White
Invasion (given by Max Muller of Germany).
There was no White
Invasion, neither there was any Aryan Invasion as was believed in the past, he
said referring to the recent studies on diversity of Indian population that had
been published in 'Nature' magazine. The studies indicated southern route of
migration of East African population (believed to originate 70,000 years ago)
towards Indian sub-continent via Gujarat coast and Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
he added.
Saying that Indian population was made up of many
populations that have varied genetic compositions, he also added recent studies
on DNA linkage indicated an invisible thread (trait) that bounded the Indian
population comprising populations of other countries in the sub-continent
including Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Malaysia, believed to have originated almost
33,000 years ago.
"The study is on to trace the ancestors of
Ancestor North Indian (ANI) population, while the ancestors of Ancestor South
Indian (ASI) population has been already traced," he said. "Ongee and Jarva
species have been established to be the ancestors of ASI population while DNA
matching has found resemblance of East African population with Kurumbha species
in Kerala and Raghuvanshi of West Bengal," he added.
"We are looking
for DNA from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir to trace the origin of
ANI population and once that is established, we would be in a position to
indicate the movement of ANI population towards European countries that would
change the face of world history," he said. "We are also waiting for clearance
of Ministry of Environment and Forest to start major project on revival of
endangered animal species including Asiatic lion, tiger, leopard and black buck
through cloning technique. We are also working for standardisation of cloning
process that would prove to be a milestone in conserving endangered animal
species," he added.
Prof Lalji Singh is also heading Laboratory for Conservation of Endangered Species (LACONES) for their revival in the country.
