THE SAN are the aboriginal people of Southern Africa. their distinct hunter-gatherer culture stretches back over 20 000 years, and their enetic origins reach back over one million years. Recent research indicates that the San are the oldest genetic stock of contemporary humanity. TEN thousand years ago their exclussive domain stretched from the Zambezi to [...]
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The Bushmen
The origins of the Bushmen, also called the San, go so far back that they are lost in the mists of time. There have been a great many theories put forward about the beginnings of these mysterious little men whose remarkable way of life has gone on virtually unchanged for since the Stone Age. These [...]
Sons and Daughters of Africa
Much discourse is emerging from scientific circles detailing the results of genetic testing in relation to human migration patterns. These studies attempt to show the distribution of ethnic genetic codes over certain geographic areas in relation to time. This page attempts to grasp at and to explain some of this research. Scientists have now identified the [...]