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INDIA: Scientists suggest DNA holds clues to origin of indigenous Andaman Islanders

A group of scientists claim that indigenous tribes of the Andaman Islands are descended from Africans. Dr. Lalji Singh and his team from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology based their results on studies of DNA collected from members of the Onge, Jarawa and Great Andamanese tribes. The study was published in the journal