Environments and trypanosomiasis risks for early herders in the later Holocene of the Lake Victoria basin, Kenya

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3674-3679

  Chritz, Kendra L ^a   Marshall, Fiona B ^b   Zagal, M Esperanza ^a   Kirera, Francis ^c   Cerling, Thure E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROSS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Dominica)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Carbon isotopes; East Africa; Food production; Livestock disease

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON;

AFRICA; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ARTICLE; BIRD; DOMESTIC CATTLE; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; GLOSSINIDAE; GOAT; HABITAT; HERBIVORE; HOLOCENE; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LAKE; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARCHEOLOGY; BOVINE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; TOOTH;

AVES; BOS TAURUS; GLOSSINA (GENUS); MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CATTLE; DENTAL ENAMEL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; KENYA; POLLEN; TOOTH; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN; TSETSE FLIES;

EID: 84925434839     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423953112     Document Type: Article

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