[MyTwoCopperCoins]

Hmm, that’s interesting, because Indians in general, and Indian-ethnicity Americans specifically, are among the most genetically diverse populations one can hope to find.

[SolidWood]

Yes. So? Does this somehow conflict with my comments?

They have various ethnic and cultural differences, but all share a general cultural and geographical background from which they originate (most rather recently)... India.

And even if you don't consider the general population size of India, but the respective ethnic groups, you'll notice that most fo them are each way larger in size than the Ashkenazim. The odds are obviously greater to have a number of smart people in a giant population, while millions upon millions of Indians live in poverty with no comparable education or skills.

[Cronos]

Most peoples are highly genetically diverse (though they won't like to admit it) -- as SW pointed out, the Germans in the east are heavily Polabian, in the south are linked to Romanic settlers etc.

Indians are genetically diverse because India is, truly speaking, a continent in it's own right, just like Europe -- how else could you describe a place with 800 languages and dialects, with Aryanic, Dravidian, Tibeto-Burman (Sikkim), Tai-Burman (Arunachal, Mizoram etc.), Mon (Jharkhand), Australoid (Gond and the Sentilese and Andamanese) and African (Siddi) and Mongoloid (chinese-indians in Calcutta etc), with every religion in the world represented?