28 November, 2025
MITOCHONDRIAL DNA AND ITS ROLE IN PALEO ANTHROPOLOGY
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is inherited only from the mother. Every few generations, a random mutation creeps into this familial signature. So comparison of two samples of mtDNA will show degrees of kinship and ancestral origin.
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28 November, 2025
HONING COMPLEX
CP3 honing complex refers to combination of canine and first premolar teeth that forms a self-sharpening apparatus.
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28 November, 2025
DENISOVA HOMININS
An extinct archaic human group closely related to Neanderthals. Lived across Asia during Lower–Middle Paleolithic. Known mostly through DNA
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26 November, 2025
FOR ASSAM TEA, ERRATIC CLIMATE AND STAGNANT PRICES PRESENT A CRISIS
Assam, home to one of the world’s most renowned tea landscapes, has built its economy, cultural identity, and global reputation around tea. However, the twin pressures of climate unpredictability and stagnant market prices are now undermining the very foundations of this century-old industry. As traditional climatic rhythms blur and production costs escalate, tea growers—especially smallholders—find themselves confronting an existential crisis.
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26 November, 2025
CONSTITUTION AT 76
Institutions appear fatigued even as the Constitution remains resilient. The challenge is the hollowing of democracy — regular elections but weakened governance. Active citizenship, constitutional morality, and civic pressure are essential to restore institutional accountability.
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25 November, 2025
FRATERNITY: THE FORGOTTEN PILLAR OF INDIA’S CONSTITUTION
At 76, the Constitution challenges India with a simple question: Are we brave enough to bring the values of equality, liberty, and fraternity into our homes, workplaces, and neighbourhoods? The future of Indian democracy depends not on ritualistic reverence for the Constitution but on our willingness to live by its moral demands.
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20 November, 2025
HIDDEN COST OF POLLUTED GROUNDWATER
Groundwater contamination is a silent disaster with profound health, economic, and social consequences. Unlike scarcity, contamination is often irreversible. India must treat this challenge as an urgent national priority. Through coordinated action—scientific monitoring, regulatory enforcement, sustainable farming, and community solutions—the country can prevent this hidden crisis from evolving into a catastrophic burden. The cost of inaction will only grow; the time for bold intervention is now.
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20 November, 2025
Australopithecus garhi
Australopithecus garhi is considered a late gracile australopithecine species dating to the period soon before the emergence of the genus Homo. It is often viewed as a transitional form because it shows a mosaic of primitive australopith and advanced Homo-like traits.
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19 November, 2025
Encephalization – Meaning, Pattern in Human Evolution & Biological Significance
While an increase in body size results in an increase in brain size, the brain:body ratio decreases in larger animals. Body mass increases disproportionately to an increase in brain mass as most tasks only require a fixed brain capacity. While there is a correlation between body size and brain size, there is not a correlation between brain size and intelligence
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19 November, 2025
JANE GOODALL and her contributions
Is a renowned British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist, best known for her groundbreaking work with wild chimpanzees in Tanzania. Her research and advocacy efforts have had a profound impact on the understanding of animal behavior, conservation, and the human-animal relationship
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19 November, 2025
Significance of the Siwalik Hills in Human / Primate Evolution
Richest and most continuous fossil beds for the Miocene to Pleistocene period (≈ 20 million–10,000 years). They are globally recognised as a major centre of primate evolution and a crucial region for reconstructing human origins and great ape phylogeny.
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19 November, 2025
Why dentition is so important for studying primate & human evolution?
Teeth = critical fossils: preserved, diagnostic for taxonomy, diet, development and behavior. Y-5 pattern = hallmark of hominoids (apes + humans) — five cusps with Y-shaped central fissure; indicates mixed diet and ape affinity.
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