Reservation for Tribal Teachers (PAPER – 2 INDIAN & TRIBAL ANTHROPOLOGY) Context: A five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held it unconstitutional to provide 100% reservation for tribal teachers in schools located in Scheduled Areas across the country. Key Highlights of the Judgement The case stemmed from a legal challenge to January 10, 2000 […]
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The Forest Rights Act in Nagarahole (PAPER – 2 INDIAN & TRIBAL ANTHROPOLOGY) The varied responses of Adivasis living in and around Nagarahole Tiger Reserve NTR to the prospect of living within the forest as offered under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. The Forest Rights Act:
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Axone – A Tribal Identity – Ethnic Cuisine of Nagas What is axone? Axone — also spelled akhuni — is a fermented soya bean of Nagaland, known for its distinctive flavour and smell. As much an ingredient as it is a condiment, axone used to make pickles and chutneys, or curries of pork, fish, chicken,
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Humans Are Still Evolving: 3 Examples of Recent Adaptations Evolution is an ongoing process, although many don’t realize people are still evolving. It’s true that Homo sapiens look very different than Australopithecus afarensis, an early hominin that lived around 2.9 million years ago. But it is also true that we are very different compared to
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Human Portraits Reveals Shift in Culture, Cognition Human cognition and cultural norms have changed the composition of human portraits, according to a new analysis of European paintings from the 15th to the 20th century. Throughout history, portraits featuring the human profile have evolved to reflect changing cultural norms. A new study of UiT at the Arctic University of Norway
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Studying the Neanderthal DNA found in modern humans using stem cells and organoids Protocols that allow the transformation of human-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines into organoids have changed the way scientists can study developmental processes and enable them to decipher the interplay between genes and tissue formation, particularly for organs where primary tissue is
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Humans Found Able to Infer Behavioral Information From Chimpanzee Vocalizations A team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam, the University of York, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology has found evidence of human ability to infer behavioral information from chimpanzee vocalizations. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B,
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Skull features among Asian and Asian- derived groups differ significantly Forensic anthropologists have now discovered that several skull features in Asian and Asian- derived groups differ significantly with regard to shape, such that they can be distinguished using statistical analyses. These findings highlight the future potential for developing more nuanced statistical methods that can potentially
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Mixture and migration brought food production to sub-Saharan Africa Ancient DNA documents the population changes of foragers, herders and farmers in central and eastern Africa from the Neolithic to the Iron Age Summary: A new interdisciplinary study reports on 20 newly sequenced ancient genomes from sub- Saharan Africa, including the first genomes from the Democratic
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Unexpected mammal provides insight into the lives of ancient hominins For decades, anthropologists have attempted to solve the mystery of what hominins early ancestors of humans ate to survive. The answer to this question can be found etched into the bones and teeth of hominins, but the conclusion is not always obvious. According to a
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