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Paper -I  Topic - 9.4  Genetic imprints in human disease, genetic screening, genetic counseling, human DNA profiling, gene mapping and genome study   "The Middle East is an important region to understand human history, migrations, and evolution: it is where modern humans first expanded out of Africa, where hunter-gatherers first settled and transitioned into farmers, where the first writing systems developed, and where the first major known civilizations emerged," says Mohamed Almarri of the Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK. "However, despite this importance, the region has been historically understudied in genomic studies." By generating the most comprehensive resource of human genetic variation in the Middle East using a new sequencing technology called linked-read sequencing, the researchers were able to reconstruct the genomic history of the region with unprecedented resolution.  The researchers say that some of the events recorded in the Middle Eastern genomes...

 Question 1: Define Anthropology. Describe the major branches of Anthropology elaborating on any one branch. Introduction: Define Anthropology Anthropology is the study of man or science of humanity in terms of time and space  Body: At least one branch define  Biological/physical anthropology Socio-cultural anthropology Linguistic anthropology Archaeological anthropology Conclusion: Conclude your opinion.  Question 2: Critically examine the role of anthropology in Contemporary India. Introduction: Define Anthropology with recent example  Body: Role of anthropology  In terms of policy making, Implementation, Ethnographic study, monitoring and so on with recent examples  Conclusion: Based on applied and action anthropology approach, the role of anthropologists can differ and under action anthropology it extends beyond the help till formulation and extends it to execution phase also.