Did the Dravidian speakers originate in Africa?

Reply to Winters

“…Clyde Winters in his correspondence (2) to our paper disagrees with this view and argues instead that there are linguistic, archaeological as well as genetic evidences for a relatively recent African origin of Dravidian populations. For a recent discussion on the origin of Dravidian languages, the reader is referred to a monograph by B. Krishnamurti.…”

Can parallel mutation and neutral genome selection explain Eastern African M1 consensus HVS-I motifs in Indian M haplogroups

“…This explanation has some merit, given the anthropological, linguistic, and osteological evidence of an African origin of the Dravidian speakers. [18–19]…”

Munda Speakers are the Oldest Population in India

“…This view is supported by the fact that the Dravidian speakers only arrived in India 5kya from Africa [14][15] . This would explain why Dravidian tribal populations and Africans share several y-chromosomes 16 .…”