Activity patterns in the Sahara Desert: an interpretation based on cross-sectional geometric properties

Efthymia Nikita1, Yun Ysi Siew, Jay Stock

  • 1University of Cambridge, Leverhulme Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, Fitzwilliam Street, Cambridge, CB2 1QH, UK. efi.nikita@gmail.com

Summary

The Garamantian civilization in the Sahara did not have more strenuous daily activities than other North African populations. Their bone structure showed low sexual dimorphism and asymmetry, except for stronger male lower limbs, possibly from herding.

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