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Strontium isotope map of Sub-Saharan Africa: A powerful tool for archaeology, forensics and wildlife conservation
It is the first bioavailable strontium isotope map to show predicted strontium isotope ratios across all of Sub-Saharan Africa. Strontium is an element present in bedrock and soil that comes in ...
Diplomatic Courier9d
Unveiling Africa’s ‘geologic fingerprint’ with isotope analysis
Scientific advances, initiatives, and injustices in Sub–Saharan Africa shape the Black diaspora through ancestry, migration, ...
Science News11d
An African strontium map sheds light on the origins of enslaved people
While genetic tests can reveal the ancestry of enslaved individuals, strontium analysis can now home in on where they actually grew up.
World Bank6y
Africa's Cities : Opening Doors to the World
A similar comparison of urban prices — based on data from 125 cities, including nine in Sub-Saharan Africa ... the growth of Africa’s urban populations will propel new demand for infrastructure, ...
International Monetary Fund9y
Raising Growth and Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Can Be Done?
Empirical studies suggest that the contributions to growth of physical investment and total factor productivity (defined as the rate of growth of GDP that cannot be explained by capital formation or ...