Medical Anthropology
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Weekly Digest · 16–22 August 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional Published Sunday, 23 August 2026 Today is the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition This week’s digest brings together major developments in palaeoanthropology alongside an instructive story on community health from Sikkim. A bold proposal to include Australopithecus… Continue reading
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Anthropology Current Affairs
Weekly Digest · 2 August – 8 August 2026 For the UPSC Anthropology optional · Published Sunday, 9 August 2026 · Today, 9 August, is the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – observed in India as World Tribal Day (Vishwa Adivasi Divas) – and the digest opens with the Day itself and its… Continue reading
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Understanding Gene Expression in Anthropology
Gene expression refers to the process by which the genetic information stored in DNA is converted into functional products, primarily proteins, that perform various functions within the cell. This process typically involves two main steps: transcription, where the DNA is transcribed into a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule, and translation, where the mRNA is then translated… Continue reading
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How COVID-19 Affects Tribes and Indigenous Peoples
The pandemic has multiple consequences and dimensions to how it affects the Indigenous Peoples of the World. COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the human species, in the context of the economy, psychological mindset, social relationships, and most importantly physical health. If you look at each of these aspects from a holistic view, as is done by… 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.