ANT-HC-6016

Forensic Anthropology

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

COURSE OBJECTIVE: Provide an understanding of the forensic aspect of anthropology. 

COURSE OUTCOME:

• Students will learn about distinguishing human from non-human skeletal remains.

• Students will learn about the techniques of making personal identification.

Theory

Unit I: Introduction to Forensic Anthropology: Definition, Brief History, Scope, Applications and Integration of Forensic Anthropology.


Unit II: Basic Human Skeletal Biology, Identification of Human and Non-Human Skeletal remains, Ancestry, age, sex and stature estimation from bones, Discovery and techniques for recovering skeletonized Human Remains.


Unit III: Personal Identification, Complete and Partial Identification, Methods of Identification in Living Persons: Somatometry, Somatoscopy, 


Tattoo Marks, Fingerprints, Footprints, Handwriting, Deformities and Others.

Unit IV: Serology: Identification and Individualization of bloodstain, Patterns of Bloodstains.


Unit V: Individualization: Forensic Odontology-Tooth Structure and Growth, Bite Marks, Facial Reconstruction, DNA profiling

Practical

1. Study of Human Long Bones. Estimation of age, sex and stature from bones.

2. Somatometric and somatoscopic observation for identifying individuals.

3. Examination of finger prints and hand writing

Analysis and interpretation of finger ball pattern types, palmar main lines and 

 pattern index;

 Finger print classification and development of chance prints and statistical 

 treatment of the data collected (Ten Subjects).

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ANT-HC-6026

Anthropology of India

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

COURSE OBJECTIVE: The broad objective of the course is to understand the raciallinguistic and ethnic dimension of Indian society and the social dynamics which is constantly acting on it over the years.

COURSE OUTCOME:

• The students will learn about racial linguistic and ethnic dimension of Indian society.

• The students will be familiar with the anthropological situation of the country.

Theory

Unit I: 1. Origin, history and development of Anthropology in India, approaches to study Indian society and culture- traditional and contemporary

2. Racial and linguistic elements in Indian population; Ethnic elements in Northeast India.

3. Understanding the diversity of Indian social structure - concept of Varna, Jati, Caste, Ashram or purusharatha,

Unit II: Contribution of contemporary biological, social and archaeological anthropologists in India.


Unit III: 1. Tribal situation in India- biogenetic variability, linguistic and socio-economic characteristics ; Problems of tribal peoples, land-alienation, indebtedness, lack of educational facilities, shifting-cultivation, migration, forests and tribal unemployment, health and nutrition, tribal movement and quest for identity

2. Developmental projects- tribal displacements and rehabilitation problem

3. Impact of culture-contact, urbanization and industrialization on tribal and rural population

4. Basic concepts -Great tradition and little tradition, sacred complex, Universalization and Parochialization, Sanskritization and Westernization, Dominant caste, Tribe-caste continuum, Nature-Man-Spirit complex, pseudotribalism,


Unit IV: 1. Problems of exploitation and deprivation of scheduled caste/ tribe and other Backward Classes.

2. Constitutional safeguards for the Scheduled caste and scheduled tribes.

Practical

1. Identify various traits/variables which can be used in racial classification and comment on its relevance.

2. Review a book/edited volume on Indian social structure such as caste, religion, tribe or rural population and give its salient features.

3. Explore the biological diversity of any population group considering a minimum of five genetic traits.

4. Highlight the contributions of any two contemporary Indian anthropologists.

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ANT-HE-6016

Dissertation

Credit 6

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To impart the knowledge of conducting ethnographic fieldwork and apply the anthropological field methods for data collection.

COURSE OUTCOME:

• The knowledge of conducting fieldwork by applying anthropological methods will be gained.

• The knowledge of data analysis and writing based on the collected data will be learned.

    Student will required to prepare a dissertation or Project work in the Six Semester as one of the Discipline Specific Paper. He/she will be attached with one supervisor or guide.

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ANT-HE-6026

Human Genetics

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

COURSE OBJECTIVE: The course will provide an understanding of basic humanmolecular genetics.

COURSE OUTCOME:

• The students will learn about the structure and function human genome.

• The students will learn how genomic variation is studied.

• The students will learn about the genomic diversity and human evolution.

Theory

Unit I: Structure, Function and Inheritance of the human genome- gene, DNA structureand replication, DNA repair and recombination, gene expression, coding andnon-coding region 


Unit II: Expression of genetic information: from Transcription to Translation – the relationship between genes and protein, transcriptions; transcription and RNA processing, encoding genetic information, decoding the codons: the role oftransfer RNAs


Unit III: Genomic Variation: Genomic Polymorphisms (SNPs, VNTR, CNVs, etc); haplotypes and haplogroups; genotype-phenotype correlations, epigenetics


Unit IV: Methods of Genetic Study in Human: Pedigree analysis and expressivity; Chromosomal Basis of Genetic Disorders (Karyotypes and identification of chromosome variation; Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assays, cytogenetic mapping), Genetic mapping (Microsatellite and other DNA polymorphisms), LOD score; sequencing strategies (PCR based Sanger sequencing to Exome sequencing), concept of non-mendelian inheritance and complex diseases.


Unit V: Genomic Diversity & Human Evolution

 Peopling of the Indian Subcontinent: Evidence from mtDNA and Ychromosome; evolutionary genetics; Molecular evolution; DNA sequence variation and human origins

Practical

1. Blood Collection, transportation and storage in field

2. DNA Extraction from whole blood

3. DNA Quantification, Aliquoting and sample preparation

4. PCR and electrophoresis

5. Gel Documentation

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ANT-HE-6036

Demographic Anthropology

Credit 6 (Theory: 4; Practical: 2)

COURSE OBJECTIVE: To provide an understanding of the demographic aspects ofpopulation.

COURSE OUTCOME:

• Students will learn about the basics of demography and demographic theories.

• Students will learn about the tools used for population change.

Theory

Unit I: Demographic Anthropology

1. Introduction, definition and basic concepts

2. Relationship between demography, population studies and anthropology

3. Importance of population studies in Anthropology


Unit II: PopulationTheories

1. John Graunt

2. Thomas R. Malthus

3. Biological theory of population

4. Theory of demographic transition


Unit III: Tools of Demographic Data

1. Measures of population composition, distribution and growth

2. Measures of fertility

3. Measures of mortality

4. Measures of migration


Unit IV: Population of India

1. Sources of demographic data in India

2. Growth of Indian population

3. Demography of Indian tribal and non-tribal groups

4. Anthropological determinants of population growth

5. Impact of urbanization on the migration of tribal groups


Unit V: National policies

1. National Population Policy

2. National Health Policy

3. National Policy on Reproductive Health Care

Practical

A student will collect and compile demographic data either from primary data or from different secondary sources on any given topic by the concerned teacher and a project report will be submitted for its evaluation.

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