The Veddas are the indigenous people of Sri Lanka, and are directly descended from Balangoda man and other mesolithic hunter gatherers.
However, the Veddas are not purely indigenous and have mixed extensively with West Eurasian enriched populations over the last 3000 years (both Dravidian and Indo-Aryan speakers).
This is proven by the below chart.
The red bar correlates with indigenous south asian DNA. The dark purple and green bars correlate with West Eurasian DNA. The yellow bar correlates with East Asian DNA.
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| Source: Downie 2016 |
When and how West Asian, mixed the Veddas being pretty enough far from each other, if it is true what you said, sir?
ReplyDeleteBoth the Tamils and Sinhalese have a significant west Eurasian component from the Iranian farmer (Pre Indus Valley Civilisation) and Aryan ancestries.
DeleteThe Veddas have mixed extensively with the Sinhalese and even speak a Sinhala-Vedda creole language.
We have number of Vedda groups, only one group is officially recognized, but Anuradhapura Veddas and East Coast Veddas are numerous and they speak Tamil and Sinhalese
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