bibliolater, 8 months ago to science

🇮🇷 🇮🇳 "Despite this, we infer that Indian Zoroastrians (Parsis) intermixed with local groups sometime after their arrival in India, dating this mixture to 690–1390 CE and providing strong evidence that Iranian Zoroastrian ancestry was maintained primarily through the male line."

López, S. et al. (2017) 'The Genetic Legacy of Zoroastrianism in Iran and India: Insights into Population Structure, Gene Flow, and Selection,' American Journal of Human Genetics, 101(3), pp. 353–368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.07.013. #OpenAccess #OA #Journal #Article #PopulationGenetics #Population #Genetics #Zoroastrianism #Iran #India #Academia #Academic #Academics @science

bibliolater, 10 months ago to histodon

"It has influenced Star Wars and Game of Thrones – and characters as diverse as Voltaire, Nietzsche and Freddie Mercury have cited it as an inspiration. So what is Zoroastrianism? Joobin Bekhrad finds out." https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west #History #Histodon #Histodons #Culture #Zoroastrianism #Religion @histodon @histodons