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9th October 2014, 09:43 AM
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Syllabus for SET and NET(Lifescience)
Please tell me that what is the syllabus of the Anthropology in SET I have to prepare for my exam????
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9th October 2014, 04:17 PM
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Re: Syllabus for SET and NET(Lifescience)
As you want to know the syllabus of the ET and NET(Lifescience) so, here I am providing you the same. 1. Introduction: Aim, Scope, Historical Development, Relationship with other sciences. Different branches of anthropology and their interrelatedness. Recent and Emerging trends and major developments in all branches of Anthropology (Physical, Archaeological and Social-cultural). Fieldwork, Ethnography, Comparative method. Observation, Interview, Case study, Genealogical method, Schedules and questionnaires, Statistical tools of Archaeological sites and Data collection. 2. Evolution: Theories of Evolution : Lamarckism, Neo-Lamarckism, Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, Synthetic theory, Primates and Fossil records, Earliest Primates (Aegyptopithecus, Propliopithecus, Dryopithecus, Proconsul), and living primates (Distribution, Classification, Characteristics, Phylogeny and Taxonomy), Comparison of morphological and anatomical features of Man and Ape Erect Posture and Bipedalism. 3. Fossils: Characteristics and phylogenetic position of early Hominoids Ramapithecus; Australopithecus Africanus; Australopithecus boisei (zinjanthropus); Australopithecus robustus Meganthropus, Home habilis; Characteristics and phylogenetic position of Homo erectus; Homo erectus javanensis; Homo erectus pekinensis; Homo sapiens neanderthalenis Phylogenetic position, salient features and distribution La Chapelle auxsaints; Rhodesian Man Classic/ Conservative Progressive- Steinheim; Ehringsdorf; Mount Carmel Evidence, distribution and characteristics of Homo sapiens Cro-Magnon; Grimaldi; Predmost; Combe cappelle; Brunn; Chancelade; Offnet. 4. Human Genetics: History and Development; Scope and Branches; Call structure and Division; Mendel’s Laws; Patterns of Inheritance- Autosomal Dominant; Autosomal Recessive; Codominance; Sex linked; sex limited and sex controlled; Multiple alleles Linkage and Crossing-over Lethal genes. Methods of Studying Inheritance-Twins; Sib-pair; Pedigree Role of Heredity and Environment-Stature; Skin Colour; Intelligence. Genetics of Blood Groups ABO System - Two-factor Hypothesis; Multiple Alleles; Rh System Living Human Populations and Human Diversity Concept of Race Criteria for Racial Classifications- Skin, Hair and Eye colour; Stature; Eyes, Lips and Ears; Face and Lower Jaw; Blood Groups; Dermatoglyphics Distribution and Characteristics- Caucasoid; Negroid; Mongoloid Racial Classifications- Deniker’s; Hooton’s; Coon, Garn and Birdsell’s Racial Classification of Indian Populations- Risley’s: Guha’s; Sarkar’s 5. Chronology: Relative, Absolute and Cultural Geological framework Tertiary, Quaternary– Pleistocene, Holocene Major Climatic changes during Pleistocene Glacial and Interglacial periods Causes of Ice Ages Pluvial and Interpluvial Periods Moraines, River Terraces, Loess, Sea-level Changes– Caves, Marine teasaces, Beach ridges Relative dating : Terrace, Stratigraphy, Palaenology, Palaecutology Absolute dating : Radio-crabon, Potassium-argon, Thermoluminescence, Dandrochronology Cultural Chronology– Three-age system : Stone Age, Copper/ Bronze Age, Iron Age Palaeolithic Period : Lower palaeolithic, Middle palaeolithic, Upper palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic-Emergence of Metal Technology, Urban revolution. For more here is an attachment you can download that. |
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