Of course we need more archeologist, anthropologist and genetics. So hopefully these scholars can setup training programs for African youth. There is a lot undiscovered talend in all of Africa.
On that note:
quote: Science in the Sahara: Man of the desert
But Kröpelin wasn't convinced. The concept of an abrupt climate switch didn't mesh with his previous research on ancient settlements in the eastern Sahara3. “There is evidence from thousands of archaeological sites throughout the Sahara that prehistoric human settlements weren't abandoned within a few decades or so,” he says.
He was also piqued that deMenocal reached his conclusion without ever setting foot in the desert, and used a single marine record to make generalizations about the entire Sahara. “The idea of catastrophically fast climate change is untenable — it can only come from someone who doesn't know the Sahara,” says Kröpelin.
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The results from Lake Yoa crown a long list of discoveries that Kröpelin has made in the region. In one of his earliest major finds, Kröpelin established that the dry valley known as Wadi Howar, which sits in an extremely arid part of northern Sudan, was once one of Africa's largest rivers and a tributary to the Nile7. This extinct river flowed from about 9,500–4,500 years ago and supported a rich savannah that was home to a host of animals, including antelopes, giraffes, zebras and elephants.
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Your welcome, it will be based on UNESCO's general history of Africa. I hope it will be good.
Mansamusa Member # 22474
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The UNESCO History of Africa is the most impressive and comprehensive thing out there to read about Africa. It's one helluva thing!
BlessedbyHorus Member # 22000
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NICE and cant wait! More archaeological work NEEDS to be done in Africa and BADLY. I just read that Great Zimbabwe has only been 2 percent excavated. 2 PERCENT!
But the more archaeological work done in Africa the more we see that Africa played a much larger role in history and areas of Africa that we always assumed were isolated were not always isolated.
Edit: This looks good. Much better than the Henry Gates one... And they said its going to be told by Africans? Lets hope they literally mean that.
Punos_Rey Member # 21929
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I actually saw the episode on Kush and Kerma that came out this week. Loved the program and I really wish I could see the one on Egypt as in the preview Badawi specifically mentioned the controversy over the race of the Egyptians and I'm too curious to see how she handled that.
Ish Gebor Member # 18264
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quote:Originally posted by Punos_Rey: I actually saw the episode on Kush and Kerma that came out this week. Loved the program and I really wish I could see the one on Egypt as in the preview Badawi specifically mentioned the controversy over the race of the Egyptians and I'm too curious to see how she handled that.
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