ABSTRACT

This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.

part 2|210 pages

Archaeology

chapter 6|24 pages

Livestock in Saharan Rock Art

part 3|73 pages

Genetics and Breed Characterization

part 4|214 pages

Linguistics and Ethnography

chapter 20|25 pages

African minor livestock species

chapter 22|13 pages

A history of pigs in Africa

chapter 23|81 pages

Did chickens go west?