Article
Recovering the precolonial population structure of Khoe-San descendant populations.
Science advances - 4 Sept 2026
Edington Stacy L, Al-Hindi Dana R, Font-Porterias Neus, Surowiec Alexandra, Palmer William J, Myrick Justin W, Norman Paul J, Uren Caitlin, Möller Marlo, Henn Brenna M, Reynolds Austin W
Abstract excerpt
San populations from Botswana and Namibia retain exceptional linguistic, cultural, and genetic diversity, but few Khoisan-speaking groups remain south of the Kalahari Desert. However, historically, far southern Africa was home to many San and Khoekhoe groups. Popular opinion often implies that such populations do not contribute to the ancestry of contemporary South Africans. Here, we characterize the genetic...
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- Humans
- Botswana
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Namibia