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Anthropologists’ concern is to retrieve John Allen Chau’s bodyTen days since the reported death of John Allen Chau, a US missionary, on North Sentinel Island in an alleged attack by indigenous people, ...
03 Dec, 2018, 06.36 AM IST
Why the British chose to leave the Andamans’ tribes aloneIn the late 19th century, the British administration contemplated exterminating the entire aboriginal population, considering them savages ...
29 Nov, 2018, 11.05 AM IST
Why all attempts at ‘assimilating’ Andamanese tribes have ended badlyThe North Sentinelese are among the only surviving direct descendants of the first humans in Asia.
25 Nov, 2018, 03.16 PM IST
Surprised the Sentinelese killed someone: First anthropologist to enter North Sentinel island"They are not hostile people. They warn; they don’t kill people, including outsiders. They only say, leave us alone," TN Pandit said.
24 Nov, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
ST panel opposed govt move to lift restrictions on tourists visiting Andamans“We had warned them, in fact, orally and through a letter too, that there was a reason that these islands, particularly the North Sentinel ...
23 Nov, 2018, 10.18 AM IST
Andamans and its tribals: Meet the first Indians while they are still aroundGenetic studies suggest the Andaman tribals go back over 65,000 years, but why don’t our history and culture books acknowledge these deplet...
03 Apr, 2016, 06.53 AM IST
Delhi University researchers suggest existence of a Vedic population whose texts date back to 8,000 BCThe idea becomes fuzzy considering that in recent times genetic studies have established that there are tribal communities in India that ar...
18 Jan, 2015, 02.43 PM IST