Recent archaeogenetic studies on human skeletal remains excavated from the Mature Harappan cemetery at Rakhigarhi (Haryana) have concluded which of the following regarding Indus ancestry?

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The landmark DNA study led by Vasant Shinde and geneticist David Reich on a female skeleton from Rakhigarhi proved that Harappans were an indigenous population with an independent loop of South Asian genetic lineage. The absolute absence of Central Asian Steppe DNA markers inside the Mature layers fundamentally challenged early models of external invasion before 1900 BCE.

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