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Strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa: A powerful tool for archaeology, forensics and wildlife conservation

A team of researchers led by UC Santa Cruz recently released a sophisticated new map that reveals, for the first time, the unique "geologic fingerprints" for most of the African continent. The map ...
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Scientists map genetic diversity of sub-Saharan Africa

LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have made the most comprehensive map yet of African genetic variation and say it should help them learn more about the role genes play in diseases such as malaria, ...
International Monetary Fund

Sub-Saharan Africa: We Need to Act Now

Sub-Saharan Africa is in the grips of a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to be even more brutal than the two that came before. This is yet more evidence of a dangerous divergence in ...
Science Daily

New strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa is a powerful tool for archaeology, forensics, and wildlife conservation

A team of researchers has mapped predicted bioavailable strontium isotope ratios across all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Archaeologists, conservation scientists, and forensics experts will now be able to ...
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New strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa is a powerful tool for archaeology, forensics, and wildlife conservation

UC Santa Cruz Anthropology Professor Vicky Oelze prepares samples for a strontium isotope analysis. Postdoctoral fellow Xueye Wang and UCSC graduate and undergraduate students processed hundreds of ...