tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post1213864015253675892..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Saharan dairying 7,000 years agoDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-5352119700344855022012-06-22T07:35:54.079+03:002012-06-22T07:35:54.079+03:00Is there any lactose tolerance data of N.African p...Is there any lactose tolerance data of N.African people?.Nirjhar007https://www.blogger.com/profile/12880827026479135118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-9927517751314224322012-06-22T01:27:20.660+03:002012-06-22T01:27:20.660+03:00"You have seen genetic maps, right..."
..."You have seen genetic maps, right..."<br /><br />And on most of them North Africa is irritatingly left off.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000684388615334278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-78308529811329276282012-06-21T12:56:18.919+03:002012-06-21T12:56:18.919+03:00"The flow along the southern shore of the med..."The flow along the southern shore of the mediterranean may prove as important as the flow along the northern shore."<br /><br />You have seen genetic maps, right...princenuadhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165977957244158593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-68243771246031061122012-06-21T09:00:06.119+03:002012-06-21T09:00:06.119+03:00"a reliance on cattle, sheep and goats emerge..."a reliance on cattle, sheep and goats emerged as a stable and widespread way of life, long before the first evidence for domesticated plants or settled village farming communities"<br /><br />I think that makes sense. If the first farmers had a limited range of climate / latitude / altitude for farming to be viable there could still be a lot of adjacent terriotory where a purely pastoral variant would work and once started the pastoralists could expand independently.<br /><br />One thing i wonder is - farmers can't produce food and travel at the same time so when they move it has to be done quickly i.e. short distances by land and larger distances only by water whereas with pastoralists they can travel long distances by land, slowly maybe but easier than they can move their herds fast by sea - sacks of seed being easier to transport than cattle.<br /><br />I know pastoralists can physically do it but i'm wondering if - taking the path of least resistance - the pastoralists spreading west were more likely to take the easiest land route (assuming a green sahara) while the farmers took the river and island hopping route.Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13398462488549380796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-79186659627322408722012-06-21T08:50:06.712+03:002012-06-21T08:50:06.712+03:00I found this table for lactose in foods.
http://w...I found this table for lactose in foods.<br /><br />http://www.no-lactose.com/pg,content-of-lactose,teneur,0,1.jsp<br /><br />Milk contains 3.5 g per 100ml or grammes.<br /><br />Natural yogurt contains 3.2 g.<br /><br />I doubt that the distinction would have made a difference to a lactose intolerant person.<br /><br />Either food was food even if you are lactose intolerant. Or these folk were lactose-tolerant despite the date estimates.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000684388615334278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-47782995213874126582012-06-21T01:30:43.699+03:002012-06-21T01:30:43.699+03:00They milked. They had enough surplus to make and ...They milked. They had enough surplus to make and store yogurt. How likely is it that these were wild animals? I can just see someone chasing down a wild cow, shoving aside the calf and having it stand still to be milked (not).<br /><br />Clearly North Africa was dairying 7,000 years ago.<br /><br />The more I hear about the prehistory of North Africa the more important it becomes. It is obviously an integral part of the European story. IMO you cannot develop models for what happened in Europe without including North Africa. The flow along the southern shore of the mediterranean may prove as important as the flow along the northern shore.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11000684388615334278noreply@blogger.com