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RECENT excavations by the South African Museum at a coastal cave situated at Die Kelders some 100 miles east of Cape Town have revealed the earliest definite sheep remains in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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SCHWEITZER, F., SCOTT, K. Early Occurrence of Domestic Sheep in Sub-Saharan Africa. Nature 241, 547 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/241547a0
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