How pure are our Parsi genes? According to scientists at Lucknow’s Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeo Sciences and Poona’s Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute, Indian and Pakistani Parsi genes comprise "a high proportion of modern day Gujarati ancestry.” The scientists analyzed 19 human skeletal remains from a 2001-2004 excavation in Sanjan. The gist of their findings was reported in The Times of India of September 8, 2023. The report stated that the study also "provides evidence of… prevailing gene flow from South Asians to the Parsis.”
The excavations at Sanjan were conducted by the World Zarathushti Cultural Foundation and the......