An Ancient Poison: How Lead Exposure Shaped Our Genes 2 Million Years Ago
We often think of heavy metal poisoning as a modern industrial problem. But what...
Category: Contemporary Case Studies
A Right Rectified or Revoked? The High Court Ruling That Shakes the Foundation of the Forest Rights Act
The Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 was a revolutionary law, a constitutional promise...
An Auditory Umbilical Cord: How a Mother’s Voice Builds a Baby’s Brain
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a world of beeps, hums, and sterile...
Secrets in the Spit: How Ancient ‘Chewing Gum’ is Revealing Prehistoric Gender Roles
We think of our chewing gum as a disposable, modern habit. But what if...
The ‘Childhood First’ Hypothesis: How a 1.77-Million-Year-Old Fossil Rewrites the Story of Our Brains
Why do human children take so maddeningly long to grow up? For decades, the...
Life’s Lost Experiment: Did the Gabon Fossils Just Rewrite the History of Everything?
The story of life on Earth has a sacred timeline, a grand narrative that...
The Praxis of Listening: How an Anthropologist Makes a Way by Remembering
In our current, often turbulent moment, how do we even begin to imagine a...
Same Village, Different Truths: A Case Study in the Scientific Method from the High Himalayas
Science is supposed to provide objective facts. A team of researchers goes to a...
A Chamber of Secrets: How a New Iron Age Site is Rewriting Tamil Nadu’s Deep Past
The Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu have long been known for their breathtaking natural...
A Shield, Not a Prize: Why Jharkhand’s Tribes Are Protesting the Kurmi Demand for ST Status
The designation of “Scheduled Tribe” in India is not merely an identity marker; it...