India centre of Asian evolution?

New Delhi: How did Asian populations evolve? Did they come from Europe, were they native to Asia? A new study that mapped human diversity across Asian nations reinforces an older controversial theory that after human beings first evolved in Africa, they possibly migrated to India via the land and sea routes.

So out of Africa, India became the melting pot where humans evolved and then slowly spread all over Asia. This also means that after Africa some of the oldest living populations of humans can be found in India.

Some of the tribes in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands the Jarawas, Onges and Great Andamanese are the closest relative mans ancestors. Many Indian scientists were also involved in this huge study.