Detailed solutions and analysis for the UPSC Anthropology Optional Paper of 2024, covering both Paper 1 and Paper 2.
Paper 1
Section A
- Write notes on the following in about 150 words each:
- Attributes of culture
- Harappan maritime trade
- Critical perspective on avoidance and joking relationship
- Lethal and sublethal genes
- Hemoglobin in health and disease
- Answer:
- Discuss historical particularism as a critical development to the classical evolutionism.
- Describe the evidences of food production and domestication of animals with special reference to Mehrgarh. Throw light on its significance.
- Critically comment on the lifestyle diseases and their impact on human health.