WBCS Anthropology Previous Years Question Paper && Syllabus Scroll to the End of Page ANTHROPOLOGY Paper – I :: 1.Introducing anthropology: Meaning and scope of anthropology. Major branches of anthropology: 1.1Main branches of Anthropology, their scope and relevance : (a) Social-cultural Anthropology, (b) Biological Anthropology, (c) Archaeological Anthropology, (d) Linguistic Anthropology. 1.2Brief outline of the growth of anthropology. Enlightenment. Colonialism and anthropology. 2. Human evolution and Hominization process : 2.1 Theories of organic evolution. Human evolution and emergence of Man : (a) Biological and Cultural factors in human evolution, (b) Theories of Organic Evolution (Pre-Darwinian, Darwinian and Post-Darwinian), (c) Synthetic theory of evolution; Brief outline of terms and concepts of evolutionary biology. 2.2 Neutral theory of molecular evolution. 2.3 Concept of evolutionary biology: Skeletal changes, (...