Human trusteeship of the planet: Escalating the environmental movement to the next level

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The term Homo sapiens is the scientific nomenclature for the anatomically modern man. This term
literally means "thinking man". Modern humans are found all over the world in different regions, and
are probably the most successful species in modern times, just like the dinosaurs were some one
hundred million years ago. Homo Sapiens are the most common and widespread species of primate or
great apes, and the last surviving species of the genus Homo; all others have either become extinct, or
have lost their distinct identity. The term “Humans” is also most often used only to Homo Sapiens, and
not to all other species in the genus homo which are sometimes referred to as archaic humans. Humans
also possess a high level of intelligence and a great deal of cognitive ability and cognitive skills due to a
large prefrontal cortex, and this feature, attribute and characteristic (besides other features such as
bipedalism and opposing thumbs) have distinguished and differentiated it from other species. These
aspects have also allowed humans to dominate the earth and build impressive civilizations that have
immense technological clout. Humans are also a polytypic species; there are wide variations among
humans inhabiting different parts of the globe, even though the traditional and orthodox classification
of humans into “races” may be highly obsolete, and may even be associated with unwanted and
unintended consequences, both direct and indirect. However, variations between humans is much less
than in other species such as dogs, and any two humans are at least 99.5% genetically similar. Humans
are also highly social creatures and tend to form either small or large social and cultural units that are
known for their social and cultural bonding. These may be either large or small, and in the words of CH
Cooley, be primary or secondary groups that promote we feeling and out feeling, and help humans
bond. (Cooley 1909)....

About the Author

Sujay Rao Mandavilli is an IT professional (Governance Risk and Compliance) (Still practising as of 2024; Served major clients such as Tata Group, Mahindra Group, NECAM, Verizon and BAT, and also previously worked in IBM) and a born-again Anthropologist, researcher, and post-colonial thinker with major contributions to various fields of Anthropology and Social Sciences. He completed his Masters in Anthropology from the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Open University in New Delhi, India in 2020 with a first class. He has made major contributions to Anthropological Economics, the Sociology of Science, theories of socio-cultural change, Identity theory, Historiography, language dynamics, Indo-European studies, the Aryan Problem, and the identity of the Harappans. He has also contributed greatly to scientific method, and the philosophy of science. His hypothesis is that most fields of Social sciences which are based on a study on social and cultural variables, are based on old Eurocentric paradigms, and that better theories can only come from intellectual multipolarity, and Ethnographic data collected from different parts of the world. He believes this will lead to better scientific research, and greatly boost scientific output in different parts of the world that have hitherto lagged behind the West in scientific research. He has also attempted to synthesize Anthropological theory with other fields of Social Sciences such as Economics and Pedagogy, generating several new paradigms as a result. He strongly believes that the ‘Globalization of Science’, with a particular emphasis on the social sciences, must become one of the major movements of the Twenty-first century. He has called for an "Indian Enlightenment" as well as similar renaissances in the developing world through a horizontal collaboration among developing nations. He has published over seventy core research papers, and six books. All papers have again been republished through Social Sciences Research Network or SSRN. He is the Founder-Director of the Institute for the Study of the Globalization of Science (ISGOS) (Registered in India as the Globalization of Science Trust) which is has already started empaneling a group of researchers and scientists to plan its next course of action. In 2023, he launched the "Scholars and intellectuals for mankind" (SCHIMA) forum, which is reaching out to scholars and intellectuals from throughout the world to draft a common agenda. In 2024, he also created the blog "Abhilasha: This is not Utopia" to discuss burning and pressing issues of the day, particularly in relation to science, knowledge and society.

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