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The linguistic and genetic landscape of southern Africa.
Journal of anthropological sciences = Rivista di antropologia : JASS - 30 Dec 2022
Fehn Anne-Maria, Amorim Beatriz, Rocha Jorge
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The present-day diversity of southern African populations was shaped by the confluence of three major pre-historic settlement layers associated with distinct linguistic strata: i) an early occupation by foragers speaking languages of the Kx'a and Tuu families; ii) a Late Stone Age migration of pre-Bantu pastoralists from eastern Africa associated with Khoe-Kwadi languages; iii) the Iron Age expansion of...
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