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-earliest hunter-gatherers in southern Africa (sahistory)
-thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. (ibid)
-two different and identifiable languages, namely the Khoikhoi and San Many dialects have evolved from these(ibid)
-South Africa was part of a large region, including North and East Africa,(ibid)
modern humans first evolved(ibid)
-Hundreds of thousands of generations of Stone Age hunter-gatherers populated the South African(ibid)
-most of that time we know nothing of their names, language, memories beliefs, wars or alliances.(ibid)
-because they didn’t write anything down
-San is the best model we have for the hunter-gatherer lifestyle(ibid)
-their culture hasn’t changed in thousands of years
-San of Kalahari was nomadic (ibid)
-The San were nomadic because if they stayed in one place the resources would get depleted
-The men hunt with Spears and bows and arrows and the women and children gather roots and berrie.(ibid)
-This true for many other non-advanced cultures because the southward migration of the Khoikhoi herders into the western half of the country.
-Although they appear to have developed a symbiotic relationship with the hunter-gatherers, they converted individuals to herding and therefore weakened hunter-gatherer social cohesion.
-People from the San probably left to become herders because they has a higher quality of life. (ibid)
-Finally, the death knell came with the arrival of European colonists whose commandos with guns and horses decimated the hunter-gatherers within two centuries.
-It was easy for the Europeans to fight them because the San only used stone weapons. (ibid)
-thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. (ibid)
-two different and identifiable languages, namely the Khoikhoi and San Many dialects have evolved from these(ibid)
-South Africa was part of a large region, including North and East Africa,(ibid)
modern humans first evolved(ibid)
-Hundreds of thousands of generations of Stone Age hunter-gatherers populated the South African(ibid)
-most of that time we know nothing of their names, language, memories beliefs, wars or alliances.(ibid)
-because they didn’t write anything down
-San is the best model we have for the hunter-gatherer lifestyle(ibid)
-their culture hasn’t changed in thousands of years
-San of Kalahari was nomadic (ibid)
-The San were nomadic because if they stayed in one place the resources would get depleted
-The men hunt with Spears and bows and arrows and the women and children gather roots and berrie.(ibid)
-This true for many other non-advanced cultures because the southward migration of the Khoikhoi herders into the western half of the country.
-Although they appear to have developed a symbiotic relationship with the hunter-gatherers, they converted individuals to herding and therefore weakened hunter-gatherer social cohesion.
-People from the San probably left to become herders because they has a higher quality of life. (ibid)
-Finally, the death knell came with the arrival of European colonists whose commandos with guns and horses decimated the hunter-gatherers within two centuries.
-It was easy for the Europeans to fight them because the San only used stone weapons. (ibid)
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Sahoboss. “The San.” South African History Online, 11 Dec. 2018, www.sahistory.org.za/article/san.
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