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The disappearing San of southeastern Africa and their genetic affinities.
Human genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Schlebusch Carina M, Prins Frans, Lombard Marlize, Jakobsson Mattias, Soodyall Himla
Abstract excerpt
Southern Africa was likely exclusively inhabited by San hunter-gatherers before ~2000 years ago. Around that time, East African groups assimilated with local San groups and gave rise to the Khoekhoe herders. Subsequently, Bantu-speaking farmers, arriving from the north (~1800 years ago), assimilated and displaced San and Khoekhoe groups, a process that intensified with the arrival of European colonists ~350 years...
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