First dairying in green Saharan Africa in the fifth millennium bc

Julie Dunne, Richard P. Evershed (), Mélanie Salque, Lucy Cramp, Silvia Bruni, Kathleen Ryan, Stefano Biagetti and Savino di Lernia
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Julie Dunne: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Richard P. Evershed: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Mélanie Salque: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Lucy Cramp: Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock’s Close, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
Silvia Bruni: Metallorganica e Analitica “Lamberto Malatesta”, Università degli Studi di Milano - Via G. Venezian 21, 20133 Milano, Italy
Kathleen Ryan: African Section, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6324, USA
Stefano Biagetti: Sapienza, Università di Roma, Via Palestro, 63 - 00185 Roma, Italy
Savino di Lernia: Sapienza, Università di Roma, Via Palestro, 63 - 00185 Roma, Italy

Nature, 2012, vol. 486, issue 7403, 390-394

Abstract: Lipid biomarker and stable carbon isotope analysis of absorbed food residues in prehistoric pottery from the Libyan Sahara has identified the first adoption of dairying practices in Neolithic Africa in the fifth millennium bc.

Date: 2012
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