ancestors

DNA: Who is the real ancestor of Indian Muslims?

The Muslims of India also have to decide who were their real ancestors. Islam religion originated in the seventh century and before that only people of Hindu, Jain and Buddhist religions lived in India.

May 27, 2022, 04:44 AM IST

DNA: Rakhigarhi Project -- Who were the real ancestors of India?

From past hundreds years in India, a question has been raised many times about the identity of our real ancestors. This news will probably change the contours of the history of India.

May 12, 2022, 02:04 AM IST

Why Didn’t Our Ancestors go to Pakistan? says Azam Khan

Reacting over the recent mob lynching incidents, senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said that it’s the punishment which Muslims are getting after 1947.

Jul 20, 2019, 14:22 PM IST

Consuming food like our ancestors may boost health

Highly diverse and foods rich in nutrients can boost health to a certain extent.

Nov 03, 2017, 17:27 PM IST

Our ancestors were high-flying acrobats

These first primates spent most of their time in the trees rather than on the ground, but just how nimble they were as they moved around in the treetops has been a topic of dispute.
 

Sep 12, 2017, 18:20 PM IST

Global warming, climate change result of ignoring ancestral advice: Harsh Vardhan

The minister, who started a plantation drive here, said our ancestors handed over to "us a pure environment" along with some "principles of living" to protect it.

Jul 06, 2017, 10:26 AM IST

Our ancestors had powerful night-time vision

Mammals and reptiles share a common ancestor, with the earliest mammal-like animals appearing in the Late Triassic about 200 million years ago. 

Apr 21, 2017, 16:09 PM IST

Here are 5 things that one must keep in mind during Shraaddha ritual

Here, we bring certain things that one must practice during Shraaddha 

Sep 18, 2016, 17:53 PM IST

Life was no picnic for our ancestors 1.8 million years ago

Our human ancestors, who looked like a cross between apes and modern humans, had access to food, water and shady shelter at a site in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania.

Mar 10, 2016, 17:52 PM IST

Relax! No day nap or eight-hour sleep for our ancestors either

Our ancestors stayed up late into the evening, averaging less than 6.5 hours of sleep and rarely took naps.

Oct 16, 2015, 15:52 PM IST

2 million-years-old fossils reveal what our ancestors` hearing was like

Research into human fossils, dating back to approximately two million years ago, has revealed what our ancestors` hearing was like.

Sep 26, 2015, 17:11 PM IST

Our ancestors' diet shifted much earlier than thought

Our ancestors made the shift from a diet based on trees and shrubs to grass-based foods -- that include not only grasses and their roots, but also insects or animals that ate grass -- roughly 400,000 years earlier than experts previously thought, says new research.

Sep 16, 2015, 21:27 PM IST