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.

Speaker List

Prof. Sheela Athreya – Dept. of Anthropology, Texas A&M University, USA

18 January, 2023. 15:30 CET

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

25 January, 2023. 15:30 CET

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

1 February, 2023. 13:30 CET

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

18 February, 2023. 9:00 CET

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

22 February, 2023. 13:30 CET

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

1 March, 2023. 13:30 CET

Dr. Patrick Roberts - Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Germany

8 March, 2023. 13:30 CET

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

15 March, 2023. 13:30 CET

Vārtā: A Dialogue about "Sapiens in South Asia"

Prof. Sheila Mishra - Retired professor of geoarchaeology and the Head of Department of the Department of Archaeology, Deccan College, Pune, India
Prof. P. Ajithprasad - Retired professor and former head,Department of Archaeology & Ancient History, The M. S. University of Baroda
Vadodara, India
Prof. Ravi Korisettar - ICHR Senior Academic Fellow, Dharwad, India
Dr. Bishnupriya Basak - Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, University of Calcutta, India

29 March, 2023. 14:30 CET

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

3 April, 2023. 14:30 CET

Prof. Shanti Pappu – Sharma Center for Heritage and Education, India

8 April, 2023. 14:30 CET

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

12 April, 2023. 13:30 CET

Dr. Michelle Langley – ARCHE, Griffith University, Australia

19 April, 2023. 10:00 CET

Prof. Michael Petraglia – ARCHE, Griffith University, Australia

26 April, 2023. 10:00 CET