Homo Sapiens Origins and India’s Role A Conversation with Prof Michael Petraglia

In this insightful conversation Prof Michael Petraglia discusses his long research journey across India Africa Arabia and beyond. He reflects on his early fieldwork in southern India and the debates surrounding the arrival of Homo sapiens in the subcontinent. The discussion explores major questions in paleoanthropology including climate change human dispersal interactions with archaic humans and how archaeological research connects the deep past with present global challenges. Prof Petraglia also shares valuable advice for students on interdisciplinary training research design fieldwork innovation and balancing new surveys with re investigation of known sites. India continues to play a central role in understanding the origins and global spread of modern humans.