07-28-2007, 05:49 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Firstly it appears that the Neolithic in Africa did not develop as a result of immigrants from the Middle East speaking a new Afroasiatic language.<b> Rather it developed out of a deep tradition of Egyptian Epi-Paleolithic cultures undergoing a long-process of Neolithicisation, </b>with a full Neolithic tradition emerging with the Badarian (and possibly Tasian), about 5,000 - 4,500 BCE. wiki on afro-asiatic<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->