Comments on: The ‘Oldest’ known African human sacrifice http://anthropology.net/2008/02/19/the-oldest-known-african-human-sacrifice/ Beyond bones & stones Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:33:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Umar http://anthropology.net/2008/02/19/the-oldest-known-african-human-sacrifice/#comment-9818 Umar Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:22:29 +0000 http://anthropologynet.wordpress.com/?p=698#comment-9818 "But, for some odd reason, the Neolithic isn’t seen in Africa until much later, about 4,500 years ago." ^^ This depends on how one defines "neolithic". Cattle domestication, pottery production and sedentism date back to the early Holocene (~10,000 years ago) in Africa. In fact genetic evidence on the y-chromsome (haplogroup E3b) indicates that the Near Eastern and SE European "Neolithic" derived in part from the spread of semi-sedentary cultures from Africa during the Mesolithic period. “But, for some odd reason, the Neolithic isn’t seen in Africa until much later, about 4,500 years ago.”

^^ This depends on how one defines “neolithic”. Cattle domestication, pottery production and sedentism date back to the early Holocene (~10,000 years ago) in Africa. In fact genetic evidence on the y-chromsome (haplogroup E3b) indicates that the Near Eastern and SE European “Neolithic” derived in part from the spread of semi-sedentary cultures from Africa during the Mesolithic period.

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