The domestication of plants and animals over the past 11,500 years has had a significant
effect not just on the domesticated taxa but also on human evolution and on the biosphere …

The first book to comprehensively assess anthropology's engagement with climate change,
this pioneering volume both maps out exciting trajectories for research and issues a call to …

We report here new evidence from the Lower Tilemsi Valley in northeastern Mali, which
constitutes the earliest archaeobotanical evidence for domesticated pearl millet (Pennisetum …

Abstract The Arabian Peninsula occupies a critical position at the intersect of several major
Old World landmasses. Inland aridity and a major coastal perimeter have long made …

The transition from hunting and gathering to food production in the Central Sahara is
complex and variable. The paucity of direct radiocarbon dates and poor preservation of …

This research aims to shed light on the early stages of agricultural development in Northern
Africa through the analysis of the rich macro-botanical assemblages obtained from Ifri …

This chapter tracks the dispersal of domestic sheep, goats, pigs, and cattle, from the Fertile
Crescent to their points of furthest dispersal in northern Europe and southern Africa. It brings …

Little is known about the beginnings and spread of food production in the tropics, but recent
research suggests that definitions that depend on morphological change may hamper …

Faunal evidence from the Fayum Neolithic is often cited in the framework of early stock
keeping in Egypt. However, the data suffer from a number of problems. In the present paper …

The timing and extent of the adoption and exploitation of domesticates and their secondary
products, across Holocene North Africa, has long been the subject of debate. The three …