FRONTIER ANIMAL HUSBANDRY IN THE NORTHEAST AND EAST AFRICAN NEOLITHIC: A Multiproxy Paleoenvironmental and Paleodemographic Study

摘要: Domesticated animals spread from their ancestral heartland in northern Africa and southwestern Asia into eastern southern after 4000 BP. Three theories account for the relatively slow of domesticated latitudes between 3000 The first theory posits that arid climates hindered dispersal beyond Lake Turkana basin until pluvial conditions set second argues epizootic diseases were inhibiting factors. Finally, indigenous cultural reticence to alter primary modes subsistence favor animal husbandry accords with archaeological data sites date this period. A single normative paradigm explaining shift a primarily foraging economy one relied heavily on domesticates is unlikely. This review current paleoenvironmental state knowledge finds "static frontier" likely resulted combination all t...