Kuumbi Cave (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Kuumbi Cave

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Excavations in Kuumbi Cave, Zanzibar, Tanzania. Avian remains recovered at this site that were originally identified morphologically as domestic chicken were proven to in fact be native guinea fowl when analyzed with ZooMS, illustrating the benefits of using multiple types of analysis.

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Photo credit: Mark Horton

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