Indigenous African sheep genetic resources have been classified into two main groups, fat-
tailed and thin-tailed sheep. The fat-tailed sheep are the most widely distributed, being …

In many areas of the world, current theories for agricultural origins emphasize yield as a
major concern during intensification. In Africa, however, the need for scheduled …

The Encyclopaedia fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural stud ies.
Reference works on other cultures tend either to omit science completely or pay little …

Living Color is the first book to investigate the social history of skin color from prehistory to
the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in …

This cutting-edge synthesis of the archaeology of Nubia and Sudan from prehistory to the
nineteenth century AD is the first major work on this area for over three decades. Drawing on …

This new revised edition of African Civilizations re-examines the physical evidence for
develo** social complexity in Africa over the last six thousand years. Unlike the two …

Domestication is an ongoing co-evolutionary process rather than an event or invention.
Recent zooarchaeological and animal genetics research has prompted a thorough revision …

Africa represents a vast region where remote sensing technologies have been largely
uneven in their archaeological applications. With impending climaterelated risks such as …

From the deglacial period to the mid-Holocene, North Africa was characterized by much
wetter conditions than today. The broad timing of this period, termed the African Humid …

For the past decade, Boko Haram has relentlessly terrorized northeastern Nigeria. Few if
any explanations for the rise of this violent insurgent group look beyond its roots in …