The Khoisan

The Khoisan is an African tribe that has been located in Southern Africa. They have been located in this area even before the dutch made contact there in 1652. Proof of their consistent existence is found by the language distribution and how it has changed and been influenced in that area over time.  

For awhile the Khoisan were agriculturist, but once the land grew dryer and the resources became scarce they finally resulted to being hunter-gatherers and remain to be today.

The Khoisan is split up into two groups based off of culture: the Foraging San and the Pastorai Khoi.

Modern science has taken a look at the men's Y chromosomes and found that the patterns are distinct to all the other populations. This research has helped find that the ancestry of the Khoisans may have been the fist to be different from the most recent common paternal ancestor of all extent humans. It also shows that the populations ancestry goes back some 60,000 to 90,000 years ago.

The Khoisan's physical appearance consists of a short frame with copper-brown skin, their hair is slightly coiled, high cheekbones, and epicanthic eye folds. They have pretty long legs and smaller stomachs.