Genetic ancestry of Konkani speakers demystified

Dr Nandkumar M. Kamat Who were the ancestors of today’s Konkani-speaking people? Did they originate in the Konkan itself, migrate from northern India, or descend from populations that arrived along the western coast thousands of years ago? Can genetic science distinguish between the ancestry of Saraswat Brahmins, fishing communities, agricultural groups and Roman Catholics? These […]