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Assessing Normalization Methods in Wastewater Based Epidemiology: A Systematic Review
(Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology) Ahmed, Tahmina; Philo, Sarah; Boehm, Alexandria; Halden, Rolf; Bibby, Kyle; Delgado Vela, Jeseth
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has emerged as a powerful tool for monitoring community level infectious disease trends. However, there is a lack of consistent normalization and control practices across studies that...
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Foragers, Farmers, and Metallurgists
(2023-01-01) MacEachern, S
This article examines the prehistory of Central Africa during the last 10,000 years. At the beginning of this period, the region was occupied by mobile forager populations, with the first evidence for more sedentary life-ways and more intensive exploitation of plant resources appearing after 7000 years ago. After about 3000 years ago, we see the progressive appearance of village sites and iron technology in different parts of the region. These processes culminate in the development of complex social and political systems in Central Africa over the last two millennia.
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Burial practices, settlement and regional connections around the Southern Lake Chad Basin, 1500 BC-AD 1500
(2019-06-21) Maceachern, S
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(Un)becoming states: their neighbours and the Wandala south of Lake Chad
(2022-09-26) MacEachern, Scott
"This book examines the sociopolitical and cultural strategies of resistance developed by marginal communities.
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Charting a landmark-driven path forward for population genetics and ancient DNA research in Africa.
(American journal of human genetics, 2024-07) Sawchuk, Elizabeth A; Sirak, Kendra A; Manthi, Fredrick K; Ndiema, Emmanuel K; Ogola, Christine A; Prendergast, Mary E; Reich, David; Aluvaala, Eva; Ayodo, George; Badji, Lamine; Bird, Nancy; Black, Wendy; Fregel, Rosa; Gachihi, Njeri; Gibbon, Victoria E; Gidna, Agness; Goldstein, Steven T; Hamad, Reem; Hassan, Hisham Y; Hayes, Vanessa M; Hellenthal, Garrett; Kebede, Solomon; Kurewa, Abdikadir; Kusimba, Chapurukha; Kyazike, Elizabeth; Lane, Paul J; MacEachern, Scott; Massilani, Diyendo; Mbua, Emma; Morris, Alan G; Mutinda, Christina; M'Mbogori, Freda Nkirote; Reynolds, Austin W; Tishkoff, Sarah; Vilar, Miguel; Yimer, Getnet
Population history-focused DNA and ancient DNA (aDNA) research in Africa has dramatically increased in the past decade, enabling increasingly fine-scale investigations into the continent's past. However, while international interest in human genomics research in Africa grows, major structural barriers limit the ability of African scholars to lead and engage in such research and impede local communities from partnering with researchers and benefitting from research outcomes. Because conversations about research on African people and their past are often held outside Africa and exclude African voices, an important step for African DNA and aDNA research is moving these conversations to the continent. In May 2023 we held the DNAirobi workshop in Nairobi, Kenya and here we synthesize what emerged most prominently in our discussions. We propose an ideal vision for population history-focused DNA and aDNA research in Africa in ten years' time and acknowledge that to realize this future, we need to chart a path connecting a series of "landmarks" that represent points of consensus in our discussions. These include effective communication across multiple audiences, reframed relationships and capacity building, and action toward structural changes that support science and beyond. We concluded there is no single path to creating an equitable and self-sustaining research ecosystem, but rather many possible routes linking these landmarks. Here we share our diverse perspectives as geneticists, anthropologists, archaeologists, museum curators, and educators to articulate challenges and opportunities for African DNA and aDNA research and share an initial map toward a more inclusive and equitable future.