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Anthropological approach to Food and Health in human lifestyle

Outline: The article takes you back in time to understand our primates and learn their activities and lead you to the present time, explaining where we are and what we are doing in terms of our lifestyle. This article is more focused onto food and health of human beings. ********* In the universe, on the planet earth,, there is life. Plants thrived on earth for a long time and evolved long before animals started existing one earth. There are about 8.7 million animal species on earth and one must understand that we are just one among them.  We still live in an ice age but towards the end of its cycle. Such a time period when the the earth is getting warmer is called interglacial period. During this time, chimpanzees and apes lived on trees. They nested on the branches of trees and lived together. While the weather became warmer over time, ice began to melt. The trees and plants were now getting more greener and the leaves were getting drier during the hot weather. This caused fores...

Alternate history of Kerala (Travancore / Thiruvithamkoor)

A note to the readers, This is an alternate history made with the help of artificial intelligence. It all started with a simple idea and I had to compromise my sleep just to make this in one go. I have tried to make all the parts quite interesting and engaging. Furthermore, you can also find the photographs attached to this letter towards the end as well. Consider this as an artwork and I confirm this has nothing to do with any of the real-time politics in the world. Hope you enjoy this piece of work.  Thank you The Story starts from here. In the year 1729, King Marthanda Varma of Venad abolished the Ettuveetil Pillamar, a group of feudal lords who had challenged his authority. He then established a new dominion and named it Travancore, meaning "the land of the three crowned kings". He embarked on a series of reforms and innovations, such as investing in education, research and development of weapons, and opening a port at Vizhinjam. He also expanded his territory by annexing...