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Mar 2022
44m 32s

The Green Sahara and African Neolithics

Wondery / Patrick Wyman
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The most striking environmental shift on the planet in the Holocene epoch was the greening of the Sahara. For thousands of years, the now-deserts of northern Africa were a mosaic of savannahs, river valleys, and shallow lakes. This unique environment produced the ways of life that eventually brought pastoralism and food production, as well as a variety of la ... Show More
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