Brown Adipose Tissue. Everyone is familiar with white adipose or fat tissue, which provides insulation and, by storing triglyceride, serves as an energy depot. Many mammals also have brown adipose tissue, which also stores triglyceride, but has the unique ability to generate heat.
What is the Earliest Art of Northern Africa? The oldest prehistoric art from North Africa is the early Stone Age quartzite figurine from Morocco known as the Venus of Tan-Tan. It has been carbon-dated to the period 200,000-500,000 BCE, and probably was created by advanced Acheulian peoples of north-western Africa on the main southerly route into Southern Europe.
This article, therefore, is an overview of Africa's contributions to Western Civilization. As such, it will briefly trace the history of Africa beginning with the empire of ancient Egypt and continues on to other African empires that developed thereafter.s I mentioned earlier, Africa's contribution to Western Civilization cannot be overemphasized. As early as in 1907, the great European artist, Picasso, changed the faces of his Canvas, LES DEMOISELLES D 'AVIGNON, to look like African masks. This marked a turning point in western art.