This paper explores the possible links between rapid climate change (RCC) and social
change in the Near East and surrounding regions (Anatolia, central Syria, southern Israel …

Strontium is a chemical element without biological functions in humans. In fact, only two
biological roles are known, both as a biomineral constituent. However, strontium and …

The human selection of food plants cannot always have been aimed exclusively at isolating
the traits typical of domesticated species today. Each phase of global change must have …

Cattle pastoralism is an important trait of African cultures. Ethnographic studies describe the
central role played by domestic cattle within many societies, highlighting its social and …

Rock shelters in the central Saharan massifs preserve anthropogenic stratigraphic
sequences that represent both a precious archive for the prehistory of the region and a …

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 …

The excavation at Takarkori rock shelter is part of a long-term study of Holocene cultural
dynamics in southwest Libya begun in the early 1990s. With a rich Holocene occupation, the …

A largely accepted paradigm in African recent prehistory considers pastoralism to be the
main subsistence source of food-producing communities along the Sudanese Nile valley …

The abundant faunal remains from the Takarkori rock shelter in the Tadrart Acacus region of
southwestern Libya are described. The material that covers the period between 10,200 to …

Today, pastoral systems in eastern Africa are supported by elaborate social networks that
minimize risk and facilitate the movement of people, animals, and resources across …