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Cover Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity

Africa, the Cradle of Human Diversity

Cultural and Biological Approaches to Uncover African Diversity

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  • Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies, Volume: 26

Volume Editors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
This book explores important chapters of past and recent African history from a multidisciplinary perspective. It covers an extensive time range from the evolution of early humans to the complex cultural and genetic diversity of modern-day populations in Africa. Through a comprehensive list of chapters, the book focuses on different time-periods, geographic regions and cultural and biological aspects of human diversity across the continent. Each chapter summarises current knowledge with perspectives from a varied set of international researchers from diverse areas of expertise. The book provides a valuable resource for scholars interested in evolutionary history and human diversity in Africa.

Contributors are Shaun Aron, Ananyo Choudhury, Bernard Clist, Cesar Fortes-Lima, Rosa Fregel, Jackson S. Kimambo, Faye Lander , Marlize Lombard, Fidelis T. Masao, Ezekia Mtetwa, Gilbert Pwiti, Michèle Ramsay, Thembi Russell, Carina Schlebusch, Dhriti Sengupta, Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi, Mário Vicente.
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2022
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Preliminary Material
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Cesar Fortes-Lima
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Ezekia Mtetwa
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Carina Schlebusch
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Carina Schlebusch
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List of Figures and Tables
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,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
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Pages:
VII–IX
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Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Pages:
X–XI
Introduction Engagement Cross-Disciplinary Research in Africa
Authors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Pages:
1–6
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Part 1 Early Humans in Africa
Editors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Pages:
7
Chapter 1 A Southern African Perspective on Human Origins Research between 500 000 and 50 000 Years Ago: Current Dilemmas and Questions for the Future
Author:
Marlize Lombard
Pages:
9–42
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Chapter 2 Further Notes on the Ngaloba Industry, a Middle Stone Age Assemblage Directly Associated with Early Homo in the Greater Laetoli, Northern Tanzania
Authors:
Fidelis T. Masao
and
Jackson S. Kimambo
Pages:
43–60
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Part 2 Cultural Transitions in Africa
Editors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Pages:
61
Chapter 3 West-Central African Diversity from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, Continuities and Transitions during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene
Author:
Bernard Clist
Pages:
63–110
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Chapter 4 Ancient Urban Assemblages and Complex Spatial and Socio-Political Organization in Iron Age Archaeological Sites from Southern Africa
Authors:
Plan Shenjere-Nyabezi
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Gilbert Pwiti
Pages:
111–147
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Chapter 5 Diversity and Variability in the Preindustrial Iron-Smelting Technologies of Great Zimbabwe, Southern Africa
Author:
Ezekia Mtetwa
Pages:
148–176
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Chapter 6 Grappling with Diversity in Livestock-Related, Non-Agriculturist Archaeology in the Light of Genetic Research into the Lactase Persistence Allele, -14010*C, in Southern Africa
Authors:
Thembi Russell
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Faye Lander
Pages:
177–210
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Part 3 Genomic Research of Ancient and Modern Populations in Africa
Editors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
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Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Pages:
211
Chapter 7 Paleogenomics of the Neolithic Transition in North Africa
Author:
Rosa Fregel
Pages:
213–235
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Chapter 8 Ancient DNA Studies and African Population History
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Mário Vicente
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Carina Schlebusch
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236–256
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Chapter 9 The H3Africa Consortium: Publication Outputs of a Pan-African Genomics Collaboration (2013 to 2020)
Authors:
Ananyo Choudhury
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Dhriti Sengupta
,
Shaun Aron
, and
Michèle Ramsay
Pages:
257–304
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Chapter 10 Disentangling the Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in African Diaspora Populations from a Genomic Perspective
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Cesar A. Fortes-Lima
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305–328
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Index of Names
Editors:
Cesar Fortes-Lima
,
Ezekia Mtetwa
, and
Carina Schlebusch
Cesar Fortes-Lima, Ph.D. (2015), University Paul-Sabatier, is a Researcher in Human Population Genetics at Uppsala University. He has published several research articles, reviews, and news articles on the demographic history and genomic diversity of African and enslaved African-descendant populations.

Ezekia Mtetwa, Ph.D. (2018), Uppsala University, is a Postdoctoral Researcher in African Archaeology at Uppsala University. He has published several articles and book chapters on precolonial iron production, human-landscape interactions and archaeological heritage management in Zimbabwe.

Carina Schlebusch, Ph.D. (2010), University of the Witwatersrand, is an Associate Professor of Human Evolution and Genetics at Uppsala University. She has published several books, chapters and articles on the population genetics and history of African populations.
This book offers accessible knowledge from a multidisciplinary perspective to students, scholars and researchers interested in human evolutionary history, population genetics, archaeology, paleogenomics, anthropology, and related disciplines.
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Publisher:
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Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 333 pp.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004500228
  • Subjects
    • African Studies
      • Archaeology, Art & Architecture
    • Biology
      • General
      • Life Sciences
      • Interdisciplinary Sciences
    • Social Sciences
      • African Studies
  • Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2021

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