DNA could help solve mystery of the Indus Valley civilization

Glad to see this getting press. The Indus Valley civilization was something I first learned about in college. I think the concept of a large civilization we know little about is fascinating!

Check out Angkor, Champa, Srivijaya, the (early, pre-Han) Shu Kingdom, Nanzhao, Pala, Pyu.

Original article on the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/30/rakhigarhi-indi...

How long does it take for researchers to extract DNA samples and compare it against the current population's samples? Maybe I'm being naive here but shouldn't that be a quick enough analysis? This research is going to help answer some very interesting questions.

I just heard a program on Public Radio yesterday about the possibility of using a USB DNA sequencer to map the Zika virus like they had Ebola. They said they could get the results in a day.

I can't find the PR source but here it is on The Guardian http://bit.ly/1PfrACL

> answer some very interesting questions.

But for political reason no one wants to answer that question. I mean as an example ... the current Egyptian population has really nothing to do with the ancient Egypt that built the pyramids.