U. of I. Anthropology Professor Stanley Ambrose (IMAGE)

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau

U. of I. Anthropology Professor Stanley Ambrose

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U. of I. anthropology professor Stanley Ambrose and his colleagues found that ancient herding sites increased ecological diversity on the African savanna. Sites where herders penned their animals became fertile hotspots that still nourish large communities of herbivores.

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L. Brian Stauffer

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