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Complete notes on Physical Anthropology for UPSC Mains – Evolution, Genetics, Human Growth, Primates, Fossil Evidence and more.
The 6-million-year-old Trachilos footprints from Crete suggest early bipedal hominins may have ranged beyond Africa, challenging the Africa-only account of human evolution.
A 2025 reanalysis of the Skhul child fossil proposes a human–Neanderthal hybrid — a debated interpretation with rich Paper 1 relevance for UPSC Anthropology.
The genetic diversity of Indian populations reflects multiple ancestral groups and endogamy, a key theme in population genetics for UPSC Anthropology.
A 2025 Science study shows how shifting diets reshaped hominin teeth from Australopithecus to early Homo — key dental and dietary evidence for UPSC Anthropology Paper 1.
Evidence suggests early humans made controlled use of fire around a million years ago, with major implications for diet, cooking and human evolution.
A 2025 Nature study links the successful Out of Africa dispersal to an earlier expansion of the human ecological niche within Africa — key Paper 1 migration content for UPSC Anthropology.
A Science Advances study at Neumark-Nord shows Neanderthals ran a bone-grease ‘fat factory’ ~125,000 years ago — evidence of planning and cognition for UPSC Anthropology Paper 1.
A 2025 Communications Biology study links human ribcage shape to climate, echoing Bergmann and Allen rules — key human-adaptation content for UPSC Anthropology Paper 1.
An 8,000-year-old temple discovered in Saudi Arabia sheds light on Neolithic ritual and settled life in the Arabian Peninsula – for UPSC Anthropology.
Great apes appear to grasp the intent behind gestures — the Recruitment View of ape gesture communication and what it means for the origins of language, for UPSC Anthropology.
