HUMAN EVOLUTION IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65009/3h2nbr44Keywords:
Anatomically modern humans, Pleistocene, innovative material and cultural adaptations, Australasia, Homo Sapiens, Narmada, Chota Nagpur,,Abstract
The human evolutionary processes in the Indian Subcontinent are considerably more complex than
elsewhere in the Old World. Recent discoveries of Middle Pleistocene hominin fossils from Arunachal
Pradesh, widely believed as the cultural cradleland of human beings, give scope for innovative ideas,
among these is to seek evidence for transitional forms and unique derived characters during the Old World
Middle to Late Pleistocene transition. The discussion starts with a brief review of well-known findings,
honest applications of widely applied methods to the northeast relatively new to the hominin playing field,
and moves on to a more controversial claim. It hopes to continue fostering international collaborative
multi-dimensional analysis on this question that has a huge importance for anthropological research
despite the notable uncertainties in the current empirical evidence.
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