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Practical in Physical Anthro | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction   Physical Anthropology in current context is an exploration of adaptation that took place during the course of evolution. From morphological studies to genetic and to genetic-environment, physical...

Paleolithic Culture | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction   Man, by his tool making ability, emerges from an animal background and assumes higher status than any other animal. He makes tools on stone, wood, bone and...

Pastoralism | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction The study of pastoralism is one among the interesting topics in studying the evolution of human society in Socio-Cultural Anthropology. In order to understand pastoralism, one needs to...

Mesolithic Culture | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3   Introduction   In the past 15, 000 years, humans have undergone minimal changes in physical characteristics; in contrast, human cultural adaptations have grown substantially more sophisticated. The most...

Neolithic and Chalcolithic culture | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3   Introduction Neolithic and Chalcolithic Cultures documented is very significant for history of Noelithic culture of India. The new technologies originated in this region, and spread to the other...

Marriage family Kinship | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction The character and quality of social relations based on kinship, marriage and family are of paramount importance in all societies. The primary reason for this is that kinship,...

Introduction to Social Anthropology | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction This block consists of three units-dealing with nature, meaning and scope of social anthropology, philosophical and historical foundations of social anthropology, and relationship of social anthropology with other...

Introduction to Environmental Anthropology | UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3   Introduction Humans have a long history of interacting with their immediate environment that has resulted in shaping biological as well as cultural evolution to a large extent.Anthropology as...

Introducing Practicing Anthropology| UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction The block introduces the learner to what practicing anthropology is, how it developed and the nuances followed in the practice of anthropology. The block has been divided into...

Interpretation of Archaeological Resource| UPSC Important Notes & Study Material

Notes By-   Sachin Gupta   Cleared UPSC 2017 with AIR-3 Introduction The purpose of this block is to introduce the students to early urbanization in the Indian subcontinent, the cultural resources and its management. It is divided into three...