Early Humans Might Have Walked from Turkey to Mainland Europe
Evidence that early humans may have moved from Anatolia (Turkey) into the European mainland, adding to the picture of early human dispersal for UPSC Anthropology.
Evolution and Genetics
Where Modern Humans and Neanderthals Became One
A Scientific Reports study points to the Zagros Mountains as a contact zone where modern humans and Neanderthals met and interbred – key evidence for UPSC Anthropology.
Ancient DNA Linked to Psychiatric Disorders
Ancient DNA studies link archaic genetic variants to modern psychiatric-disorder risk, a genetics and human-evolution theme for UPSC Anthropology.
India’s Genetic Diversity
The genetic diversity of Indian populations reflects multiple ancestral groups and endogamy, a key theme in population genetics for UPSC Anthropology.
Endogamy and Genetic Risk: Why Reddys Face Higher Incidence of Ankylosing Spondylitis
Endogamy concentrates rare inherited variants within communities, raising genetic risk – a population-genetics theme relevant to UPSC Anthropology.
PARENTAL GENES INDIRECTLY INFLUENCE CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Parents’ genes can shape a child’s development indirectly through the environment they create – genetic nurture, a genetics theme for UPSC Anthropology.
EARLY HUMANS THRIVED ON A PLANT-BASED DIET (780,000 YEARS AGO)
Evidence from an early human site indicates a substantial plant-based diet around 780,000 years ago – dietary anthropology relevant to UPSC Anthropology.
WHY ARE MEN TALLER THAN WOMEN?
Why men are on average taller than women – the genetics, hormones and evolutionary basis of human sexual dimorphism in stature, for UPSC Anthropology.
Denisovans on the Tibetan Plateau: Overlap with Modern Humans
Denisovans lived on the Tibetan Plateau and overlapped with modern humans; their EPAS1 gene helps Tibetans survive at high altitude — key human-evolution content for UPSC Anthropology Paper 1.