Paleo Talks Seminar Series - Sapiens in South Asia: Multi-faceted story of peopling in the Indian continent

Date: Apr 26, 2023
Time: 11:58 AM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Various
Location: Zoom
Host: Department of Archaeology
Contact: gjha@shh.mpg.de

Paleo Talks presents "Sapiens in South Asia: Multi-faceted story of peopling in the Indian continent" (SSA) in association with the Department of Archaeology, MPI-GEA. This series aims to discuss current narratives of modern human arrival and expansion in the Indian subcontinent. Recent archaeological and genetic research postulate South Asia as a key region on the proposed dispersal routes of Modern Human expansion. Despite the importance of the region, however, archaeological data from South Asia rarely feature in discussions of human evolution, and little attempt has been made to bring South Asia's archaeological record to bear on discussions of its unique population dynamics. SSA will curate 15 exclusive sessions to review and discuss different facet of evolution of anatomical Modern Humans in Indian subcontinent, covering themes of paleolithic progression, genetics, ecology, and paleoanthropology.

Find a list of speakers below. Exact dates will be added periodically.

18 January, 2023. 15:30 CET
Prof. Sheela Athreya – Dept. of Anthropology, Texas A&MUniversity, USA
Registration: https://eu01web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hb4px32cT3KYhpoN1eTkZA

25 January, 2023. 15:30 CET

Dr. Niraj Rai – Ancient DNA Lab, Birbal Sahni Institute ofPalaeosciences, Lucknow, India

Devara Anilkumar – Dept of Archaeology & AncientHistory, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Boda, Vadodora, India

Prof. Chris Clarkson – School of Social Science, TheUniversity of Queensland, Australia

Dr. Michelle Langley – ARCHE, Griffith University, Australia

Dr. James Blinkhorn – Pan African Evolutin Research Group,Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany

Dr. Nupur Tiwari – Dept. of Humanities & Social Science,IIT-Bombay, Mumbai, India

Dr. Patrick Roberts - Max Planck Institute ofGeoanthropology, Germany

Dr. Garima Khansili – North-Eastern Hill University,Meghalaya, India

Dr. Deepak Jha - Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology,Germany

Dr. Noel Amano - Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology,Germany

Prof. Michael Petraglia – ARCHE, Griffith University, Australia

Prof. Shanti Pappu – Sharma Center for Heritage andEducation, India