| "of sheep and men": earliest direct evidence of caprine domestication in southern africa at leopard cave (erongo, namibia). | the origins of herding practices in southern africa remain controversial. the first appearance of domesticated caprines in the subcontinent is thought to be c. 2000 years bp; however, the origin of this cultural development is still widely debated. recent genetic analyses support the long-standing hypothesis of herder migration from the north, while other researchers have argued for a cultural diffusion hypothesis where the spread of herding practices took place without necessarily implicating s ... | 2012 | 22808138 |