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The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide genetic ancestry results to community members. But they still face many challenges.
Runaway slaves joined indigenous Khoe-San people and raided colonial farms. The rock art they left in their hideouts tells a fascinating story.
Until now the search for early evidence of alcohol has fixated on residue analysis.
It’s likely our species doesn’t actually have a single origin.
The rooibos industry has been accompanied by dispossession and adversity stretching back over centuries.
The San are caught between a rock and an art place. While they face an uncertain future, myths and meaning come under the spotlight in a new book.
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