Sunday, May 25, 2025

Pastoralism spread from East Africa to North Africa via cultural diffusion over 7,000 years ago

 https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1078547?

 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08793-7 

  15 human burials were unearthed, pertaining to a timeframe between approximately 8,900 and 4,800 cal. bp22, with the majority dating back to the Early (8,300–7,300 cal. bp) and Middle (7,100–5,600 cal. bp) Pastoral period22. Strontium isotope analysis on the remains, primarily of women of reproductive age, children and juveniles, indicated a local geographical origin24. Two naturally mummified adult female individuals, attributed to the Middle Pastoral Period, were selected for our DNA analysis. These individuals were directly radiocarbon dated to 7,158–6,796 and 6,555–6,281 cal. bp (95.4% probability), respectively13 (Supplementary Note 1).

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