[Tamil Nadu] 'TN inhabited by people dissimilar to Tamils in pre-historic times'

The Hindu ^ | Sunday, February 15, 2009 | unattributed

[SunkenCiv]

The south east coast of Tamil Nadu was inhabited in pre-historic times mainly by Caucasoids, Mongoloids, Negroids and Australoids rather than people similar to contemporary Tamils, a dental anthropological study has found. A team of anthropologists came to the finding after studying more than 1,000 teeth from Adichanallur's pre-historic harbour site on the south-east coast of Tamil Nadu that dates back to 2,500 BC... Optical microscope techniques were employed to study the teeth, which have shown the various growth stages, ageing and wearing processes, racial and ethnic and geographical affinities, dietary patterns, jaw mechanism, constitutional abnormalities of the jaws, pathological problems including the infections and inherited diseases, Dr. Raghavan said... Many pathological conditions were observed on the jaws and teeth. "Some were genetically controlled while others resulted from malnutrition including lack of vitamins and essential minerals. No deficiency cases were reported due to lack of iron or calcium," Dr. Raghavan said. Many cases, particularly relating to Negroid and Australoid skulls showed the mechanical removal of the upper central incisors by application of high force. "Even today, such cultural practice can be seen among certain tribes of Africa and Australian Aborigines," he said... Raghavan also said that observations on cranial fractures and crushing injuries on the recovered crania were caused by a number of lethal weapons used at that time.

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[aliquando]

Any reference to an actual scientific journal? Just Askin!

[dr_who]

Let me guess. There’s a political angle to this.

[indcons]

Interesting topic ;)

[JoeProBono]

[Republican Party Reptile]

The south east coast of Tamil Nadu was inhabited in pre-historic times mainly by Caucasoids, Mongoloids, Negroids and Australoids rather than people similar to contemporary Tamils,

None of the above? What's left?

[SunkenCiv]

Tamils. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

I just post 'em, I don't write 'em. ;')

Message from the Fancy Footwork Ping List!

[SunkenCiv]

There’s a good chance, yeah. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks! I think I’ll add some key keywords now.

[SunkenCiv]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1144887/posts

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1213591/posts

[SunkenCiv]

This topic was posted 2/16/2009, this is just an update to the ping message.

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