Origins of Africa's Cattle
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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 just found it. It has a two page article entitled "Where do Africa's cattle come from?" which is an important topic for prehistoric/predynastic studies and the origins of Egyptian domestication and agriculture.




- 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...

- 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...

- Journal: Current Anthropology October 2009
http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ca/2009/50/5 Slightly off topic, but may be of interest to some visitors. Table of Contents Special Section: Rethinking the Origins of AgricultureComments: Rethinking the Origins of AgricultureRethinking...

- African Archaeology Congress
http://www.mmegi.bw/2005/June/Thursday30/523129420885.html The 12th congress of the Pan African Archaeological Association will be hosted next month by the University of Botswana: "The Pan African Association for Archaeology and Related Studies (PAA)...

- 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...



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