Book List
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Fortnightly Digest · 19 September – 2 October 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional Published Sunday, 4 October 2026 PAPER 1: GENERAL AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY The International Day of Sign Languages and the Anthropological Study of Language The News Explanatory Notes Theoretical Synthesis Essential Concepts & Terminology Case Study & Empirical Integration: Cite the 23 September… Continue reading
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Fortnightly Digest · 6 to 18 September 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional Published Sunday, 20 September 2026 PAPER 1: GENERAL AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Bone Strength Places the End of Habitual Tree-Climbing at About 1.8 Million Years Ago The News A paper published in Science Advances on 16 September 2026 that obligate terrestrial bipedalism, meaning the complete abandonment… Continue reading
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Weekly Digest · 30 August – 5 September 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional Published Sunday, 6 September 2026 PAPER 1: GENERAL AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY The International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances and the Work of Forensic Anthropology The News On 30 August 2026 the United Nations and human rights organisations across the… Continue reading
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Weekly Digest · 23–29 August 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional Published Sunday, 30 August 2026 PAPER 1: GENERAL AND PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Why Do Chimpanzees Keep Throwing Stones at the Same Trees? (Recent Context for Revision) The News This entry is recent context for Paper 1 revision rather than this week’s news: the fieldwork account… Continue reading
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Weekly Digest: 9 – 15 August 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional · Published Sunday, 16 August 2026 · HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! This week’s digest brings together major developments in palaeoanthropology, and prehistoric archaeology, forensic anthropology alongside an unusually consequential Indian week: the Census 2027 notification that returns caste enumeration to the national count after… Continue reading
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Anthropology Booklist for Self-Study
If you are preparing for Anthropology optional by yourself and without the guidance from any professional coach, you need a reliable list of books that will help you prepare for the Mains Examination as your optional is worth a whooping 500 marks. The Book List Here is a video on some tips for self-study that… Continue reading
i think, therefore i am.
Cogito, ergo sum is a Latin philosophical proposition by René Descartes usually translated into English as “I think, therefore I am”, probably the one thing that defines our specie.