"the history of the continent from an African perspective." "from the
origins of humankind to the end of South African apartheid" by major
African historians (Jacob Ajayi, George Abungu, Director-General of the
National Museums of Kenya and others). Includes audio of each segment of the
BBC program. (Requires sound card, speaker or headphone). Each segment has a
timeline, bibliography, useful links. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/
Publications for young people.
Has Calliope: the world history magazine for readers ages 9-14. "All
back issues of COBBLESTONE (January 1980 to May 1999) and CALLIOPE (September
1990 to May 1999) have been found to be in compliance with social content
requirement of [Calif.] Education Code Sections 60040260044 as well as
[Calif.] State Board of Education guidelines. The Sept. 1999 issue is African
Origin of Hominids with a
teachers' guide.
"http://www.cobblestonepub.com/
"Keyword Bibliography of Ethnoarchaeology and Related
Topics" arranged alphabetically by author. Professor David teaches in the
Dept. of Archaeology, Univ. of Calgary (Canada). His research interests
include the archaeology of Africa and Europe.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/SS/ARKY/ethnarky.html
Earth & Sky is a daily radio program on science topics. Includes short
pieces on Africa's climate 1 million years ago, the largest meat-eating
dinosaur found in Africa, the ancestors of modern humans traced back to
Africa. Provides citations to related books and articles. Sponsored by the
National Science Foundation and the Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration.
The program can be heard in the US and on Voice of America.
http://www.earthsky.com/1996/es960822.html
Eve, Out of Africa Theory or the Multiregional Theory
Ruth Flanagan's "Out of Africa" article, part of
The
Hominid Journey web site by Richard Effland and Ken Costello of Mesa
Community College (Mesa, Arizona). http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/anthro/exploratorium/hominid_journey/
The multiregional theory is advocated in the book, "Race
and Human Evolution: a Fatal Attraction" by Milford Wolpoff and Rachel
Caspari on the Origins of Humankind
website http://www.pro-am.com/origins/
Includes her East African Primate Research Sites with photographs, audio
files, information acquired during the course of field research in Rwanda,
Uganda, and Congo (former Zaire). Holder is an anthropologist
with the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior (CISAB), Indiana
University, Bloomington, Indiana.
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/index.html
See the section on
Human Evolution
which mentions the
Out of Africa hypothesis. Maintained by Dr. Ervin, Dept. of Biology,
California State University, Fresno. http://erasmus.biol.csufresno.edu/HE/he.html
Includes a map
of Ethiopia and Kenya where the earliest hominid fossils were found.
Maintained by D. I. Loizos, History Professor, Deree College, The American
College of Greece, Athens, Greece. http://users.hol.gr/%7Edilos/prehis.htm
Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics. Includes the
Black Athena Debate, human origins, Egypt, Nubia, and more. Maintained by
Paul Halsall, Fordham
University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
A team from the U.S., Botswana, and South Africa hunt for fossils
in Botswana, Sept.-Oct. 1998. How to interpret findings, why is
Africa a hotspot for hominid development, classroom ideas for K-12, links to
related sites. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/outpost/
"Since 1985, the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museums of Kenya
have been conducting joint excavations at the prehistoric site of Olorgesailie.
The Olorgesailie Project is the first long term project devoted to uncovering
the ecological and environmental dimension of early human origins."
http://web3.si.edu/olorgesailie/
Program "dedicated to understanding the biological and cultural
foundations of human life." Includes dispatches from the Olorgesailie Research
Site in Kenya. http://www.mnh.si.edu/anthro/humanorigins/
