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Definition
Errors in DNA & protein synthesis accumulate → cellular malfunction → ageing.
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Thinkers
L.H. Morgan (Iroquois, 1840s – though semi-field): British Field Tradition.
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Definition
Errors in DNA & protein synthesis accumulate → cellular malfunction → ageing.
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Thinkers
E.A. Hoebel: “Anthropology is the study of man and his works.”
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Definition
Ageing is also shaped by social expectations, roles, norms, and culture.
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Example / case study
Herbert Risley: Racial theory of caste; The People of India. Thurston: Castes & Tribes of Southern India. Beginning: Institutionalisation of anthropology (Dept. of Anthropology, Calcutta University – 1920). Nature: Empirical fieldwork, study of social institutions.
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Thinkers
S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer
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Definition
Mysore Tribes & Castes (4 vols.)
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Example / case study
Chiapas, Mexico — Coca-cola addiction → Diabetes
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Thinkers
S.C. Roy (1871–1942) – First Indian Ethnographer • Ta-ta theory(E.B Tylor) – imitation of gesture movements
Short notes for this Anthropology syllabus heading.