Egypt
http://www.afrol.com/articles/11986
The origins of cattle is important to an understanding of the roll out of agriculture in Africa, including Egypt - Fred Wendorf has found that cattle were a crucial component of one of the earliest agricultural communities in Egypt in the south-west Western Desert. Interestingly, no cattle remains were found in the Faiyum which is the home of Egypt's other early agricultural community. "While the Sinai Peninsula, connecting Egypt with the Middle East, traditionally has been seen as the obvious overland route for the coming and going of people and animals, commodities, seeds and cultural ideas, the British researchers are finding more and more proof of communication across the 50 kilometres of the Red Sea that separate Djibouti and Yemen since the beginning of mankind." From Afrol News.
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- Online: Late Neolithic Megalithic Structures At Nabta Playa (sahara), Southwestern Egypt.
The Comparative Archaeology website Added March 1998. Updated November 26, 2000. Late Neolithic megalithic structures at Nabta Playa (Sahara), southwestern Egypt. By Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild Introduction Located 100 km west of Abu Simbel, in southernmost...
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- Origins Of Africa's Cattle
http://www.africagenome.co.za/publications/scientist.html http://www.africagenome.co.za/publications/African_Scientist_1_entire.pdf The first issue of "The African Scientist - Bringing Genomes Alive". It dates to January of this year, but I've only...
Egypt
African scientists map origin of continent's cattle
http://www.afrol.com/articles/11986
The origins of cattle is important to an understanding of the roll out of agriculture in Africa, including Egypt - Fred Wendorf has found that cattle were a crucial component of one of the earliest agricultural communities in Egypt in the south-west Western Desert. Interestingly, no cattle remains were found in the Faiyum which is the home of Egypt's other early agricultural community. "While the Sinai Peninsula, connecting Egypt with the Middle East, traditionally has been seen as the obvious overland route for the coming and going of people and animals, commodities, seeds and cultural ideas, the British researchers are finding more and more proof of communication across the 50 kilometres of the Red Sea that separate Djibouti and Yemen since the beginning of mankind." From Afrol News.
- Evidence Of Prehistoric Dairy Production Found In The Sahara
Discovery News (Emily Sohn) More than 7,000 years ago, prehistoric people in the African Sahara were making dairy products, such as butter, yogurt and cheese. The discovery, based on the identification of dairy fats on ancient pottery shards found in...
- Domesticating Cattle Not As Easy As Once Thought
Past Horizons A new genetic study has revealed that all Taurine cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East. An international team of scientists from the CNRS and National Museum of...
- Online: Late Neolithic Megalithic Structures At Nabta Playa (sahara), Southwestern Egypt.
The Comparative Archaeology website Added March 1998. Updated November 26, 2000. Late Neolithic megalithic structures at Nabta Playa (Sahara), southwestern Egypt. By Fred Wendorf and Romuald Schild Introduction Located 100 km west of Abu Simbel, in southernmost...
- Online Article: Tracking East African Cattle Herders From Prehistory To The Present
Expedition Magazine In PDF format. Tracking East African Cattle Herders from Prehistory to the Present By Kathleen Ryan, Photography by Jennifer Chiappardi Expedition Volume 51, Number 3 Winter 2009 Cattle herding, as well as dairying, has long been a...
- Origins Of Africa's Cattle
http://www.africagenome.co.za/publications/scientist.html http://www.africagenome.co.za/publications/African_Scientist_1_entire.pdf The first issue of "The African Scientist - Bringing Genomes Alive". It dates to January of this year, but I've only...