Top 30 Scholars on Indian Caste System: Contributions, Works, and Themes S.No Name Discipline Key Work(s)(Bold + Year) Themes / Contributions 1 G.S. Ghurye Sociologist
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Neither chimpanzee nor human – Ardipithecus reveals the surprising ancestry of both
Australopithecus fossils were regularly interpreted during the late 20th century in a framework that used living African apes, especially chimpanzees, as proxies for the immediate ancestors
Is it Vaigai civilization or Indus valley civilzation ?
Major discovery in Tamil Nadu’s Keezhadi: A possible link to Indus Valley Civilisation Another major discovery is that people in the Sangam period were literate
Our Genomes Are Full of ‘Junk DNA’ That Could Be Way More Important Than We Realized
Of the roughly three billion base pairs making up the human genome, only around 2 percent encodes proteins, leaving the remaining 98 percent with less obvious functions.
Scientists revived a ‘zombie’ virus frozen for 48,500 years in ice. They learned it could still infect other cells.
From a horror movie plot to real life: Scientists have revived ancient “zombie” viruses from permafrost and discovered they could still infect living single-celled amoebae. The chances
Why many viruses seems to be emerging right now?
From the widespread outbreak of mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, COVID isn’t dominating the
What Is Linguistic Anthropology?
Linguistic anthropologists study language in context, revealing how people’s ways of communicating and expressing themselves interact with human culture, history, politics, identity, and much more.
Can Indigenous Language Comics Save a Mother Tongue?
Publishers and researchers are creating graphic publications to help stem the loss of Hñäñho, spoken by the Ñäñho people. ✽ TLALOC IS A tempestuous deity: provider
Can Anthropology Be Decolonized?
In recent years, anthropology has increasingly reckoned with its colonial and racist roots. In a special forum, scholars weigh in on what “decolonizing” means—and share
How the Early Battle Over Race Science Was Lost
Celebrated 19th-century biologist Ernst Haeckel pushed race science as his little-known protégé Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay defended Indigenous rights. A biological anthropologist reflects on the impacts of