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**Grieryaliny** · 10-18-2006, 01:29 PM

The San (Bushmen) of southern Africa live essentially according to the same cultural pattern that they did when they first moved there, and there's good reason to believe they did right around the birth of modern humanity (archaeological evidence, not least). Genetically, they and the Khoi ("Hottentots") were separated from the rest of humanity about 100 000 years ago. Thoughout most of Africa Khoisan ethnic groups have been replaced at a much later date by younger Bantu groups, or have changed their cultural patterns significantly, so I'd say the San are the winners here.

10-18-2006, 01:29 PM	#7
Grieryaliny Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 453 Senior Member	The San (Bushmen) of southern Africa live essentially according to the same cultural pattern that they did when they first moved there, and there's good reason to believe they did right around the birth of modern humanity (archaeological evidence, not least). Genetically, they and the Khoi ("Hottentots") were separated from the rest of humanity about 100 000 years ago. Thoughout most of Africa Khoisan ethnic groups have been replaced at a much later date by younger Bantu groups, or have changed their cultural patterns significantly, so I'd say the San are the winners here.
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