Ancient Humped Cattle in Africa: A View from the Chad Basin
Ancient Humped Cattle in Africa: A View from the Chad Basin
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DOI：
10.1007/s10437-006-9008-z
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发表时间：
2006-11
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
C. Magnavita
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作者：
C. Magnavita
古代和现代非洲牛的起源在研究人员中仍然存在很大争议。争议的一部分涉及从公元前二千年起在非洲出现的牛的问题，这种牛带有一种在大多数撒哈拉以南现代品种中存在的独特的形态特征：驼峰。本文讨论了非洲驼背牛的起源问题。在回顾了目前关于它们起源的假说之后，提出并批判性地讨论了乍得盆地新旧考古学和骨学证据的地位和意义。主要根据剩余大陆现有的考古比喻证据的文化背景，提出了古代非洲驼牛的外国祖先的情况，并为这一专题的未来研究提供了一个视角。
The origins of ancient and modern African cattle are still a matter of much debate among researchers. Part of the dispute involves the question of the appearance in Africa, from the second millennium BC onwards, of cattle carrying a distinguishing morphological feature present in most of the modern sub-Saharan breeds: The hump. This paper addresses the issue of the origins of the African humped cattle. After reviewing the current hypothesis on their origins, the status and significance of old and new archaeological and osteological evidence from the Chad Basin are presented and critically discussed. Mainly based on the cultural context of the archaeological figurative evidence available in the remaining continent, a case for the foreign ancestry of the ancient African humped cattle is made, and a perspective for future research in the topic is provided.