AIR 290 · CSE 2023 · ANT1 · 83 pages

Ajay Yadav: ANT1 answer copy

27 answers by Ajay Yadav, as written in the test.

The questions

  1. Q1(a)Comment on the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50 (a) Debates on Aryan Invasion10 marks
  2. Q1(b)Rhodesian Man10 marks
  3. Q1(c)Neolithic cultures of North India10 marks
  4. Q1(d)Tool types in Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe10 marks
  5. Q1(e)Neolithic-Chalcolithic Culture in India10 marks
  6. Q2(a)What are the defining characteristics of Iron Age cultures and how did it impacted the life of people?15 marks
  7. Q2(b)"Europeans are closer to Neanderthals." Critically discuss in view of the African origin of humankind.15 marks
  8. Q2(c)Ecological factors led to flow and ebb of Harappan civilization. Comment.20 marks
  9. Q3(a)Discuss impact of Ethnoarchaeology in reconstructing the past citing Indian examples.15 marks
  10. Q3(b)What is Synthetic Theory of Evolution? Discuss how this theory helps us in understanding the evolutionary mechanism.15 marks
  11. Q3(c)Comment briefly on the physical features and phylogenetic position of Australopithecines.20 marks
  12. Q4(a)Human Evolution is bio-cultural in nature. Explain.15 marks
  13. Q4(b)Will it be proper to consider the megaliths to represent a single, homogeneous or contemporaneous culture? What kind of material life and cultural system is revealed in the megalithic cultures in India?15 marks
  14. Q4(c)Describe different types of dating methods used in Archaeology, Highlighting the importance of each method.20 marks
  15. Q5(a)Debate related to phylogenetic position of Neanderthals10 marks
  16. Q5(b)Role of Primatology in Anthropological studies10 marks
  17. Q5(d)Sivapithecus and Ramapithecus10 marks
  18. Q5(e)Adaptive Primate Radiation10 marks
  19. Q6(a)Discuss the Characteristic feature of Mesolithic culture in India.15 marks
  20. Q6(b)Discuss with suitable examples typo-technological problems in Indian Paleolithic industry with reference to environmental hypothesis.15 marks
  21. Q6(c)Why are Neanderthals called Pre-modern humans? The Upper Palaeolithic period provides evidence of their coexistence with modern man. Discuss.20 marks
  22. Q7(a)Why is the Neolithic phase of culture in Europe called revolution? Describe its distinctive features.15 marks
  23. Q7(b)Discuss primate locomotion with special reference to adaptation to arboreal life.15 marks
  24. Q7(c)Briefly describe features of Narmada Man. Also highlight the debate related to its phylogenic status.20 marks
  25. Q8(a)Highlight different theories of emergence of Homo sapiens with evidence.15 marks
  26. Q8(b)Enumerate evidence of Animal domestication in Indian Microlithic Industry.15 marks
  27. Q8(c)Briefly explain Darwin's Theory of Evolution. What does 'survival of the fittest' mean in the coronavirus pandemic?20 marks

The answers

Question 1(a) · 10 marks · 204 words written

Comment on the following in about 150 words each: 10x5=50 (a) Debates on Aryan Invasion

Opening

Aryan invasion debate was first given by max muller. As per him at around 1500 B.C. Aryan people from central Asia came to Indus valley and destroyed it and imposed their own culture.

Body · points

Argument in support

  1. R.E.M Wheeler in his work "massacre of mohenjodaro" mention the skeleton of child and woman which he discovered from Cemetery-H.

  2. Linguistics - Find similarity between greek and european language with Sanskrit Texting (Rigveda)

  3. Indologist - through Rig vedic study mention Aryan invasion.

Argument Against :-

(i) Prof B.B. Lal study - renowned Indian Archceologist Brij Bhusan Lal studied IVC site and say:- (i) There was no Aryan invasion and it is myth. (ii) People of Harappa migrated to East and south due to drying up of Ghaghar river.

(2) Prof Vasant Shinde study of Rakhigarhi DNA skeleton - from Deccan college. He studied 4500 year old DNA skeleton of Rakhigarhi woman and his finding include:- (a) There is no evidence of mass scale migration or invasion (b) Aryan were indigenous to India. (c) People of South Asia share Harappan gene at wide scale. (d) Agriculture was indigenous to South Asia.

Close · a summary

Thus Aryan Invasion Debate is very complicated but provide wide information about India Proto history.