I don't know if anybody has seen this but apparently while it's not conclusive it seems like there's pretty good evidence for local domestication of cattle in africa10,000 years ago and that it happened at the same time as in the middle east.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cattle could had been domesticated independently in Africa at the same time as in the Middle East, that is around 10,000 years ago. <a href="https://t.co/ctC0QuJAsI">https://t.co/ctC0QuJAsI</a></p>— Nrken19 (@nrken19) <a href="">March 17, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
If this does turn out to be fully true I wonder how that changes our understanding of the rise of civilization in northeast africa.
@Shimbiris @The alchemist
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cattle could had been domesticated independently in Africa at the same time as in the Middle East, that is around 10,000 years ago. <a href="https://t.co/ctC0QuJAsI">https://t.co/ctC0QuJAsI</a></p>— Nrken19 (@nrken19) <a href="">March 17, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
If this does turn out to be fully true I wonder how that changes our understanding of the rise of civilization in northeast africa.
@Shimbiris @The alchemist