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The genomics of t’ef and finger millet domestication and spread
Mekonnen, Degsew; Gomes, Ana; Machado, Rui; Oliveira, HugoThe Northern Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea (NHE) were a centre for food production in Africa, hosting one of the earliest agriculture-based complex societies on the continent. The NHE's geographical connections with the Arabian Peninsula, and Nilotic cultures led to the cultivation of southwest Asian crops and African native domesticates in its territory. Additionally, the NHE were also the domestication ce...
The role of environmental changes in the development of the agricultural econom...
Mekonnen, Degsew Z.; Olivera, Hugo R.; Gomes, Ana; Mekonnen, DegsewThe northern highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea (NHE) hosted the earliest agricultural and urban societies in sub-Saharan Africa: the Pre-Aksumite and Aksumite cultures. However, the role of environmental shifts in the transition from hunting-gathering to agriculture and state formation remains unclear. This study reviews 95 peer-reviewed articles on paleoenvironmental data from the NHE and adjacent regions (600...