School of Humanities
The School of Humanities is engaged in research in the broad areas of philosophy, psychology, literature, fine arts, and culture. Research in the School currently focuses on philosophical foundations of sciences; cognitive sciences; scientific and philosophical studies of consciousness; Indian psychology and philosophy; history and philosophy of biology; archaeometalurgy and analysis of ancient metals; and translations of literary classics in Kannada into English.
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Precambrian Palaeobiology: Birth of a New Science and Indian Evidence
Abstract: The famous evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin considered Life on Earth a continuum since its advent. In 1859, he propounded his theory of Evolution based on his observations on the incredible voyage on HMS Beagle. In his book, On the Origin of Species, Darwin could demonstrate and explain that every complex life form had a simple predecessor form, giving rise to complex life forms after accumulating advanced characters. But he could not explain how the complexity in life forms suddenly appeared in the Cambrian and younger rock records.