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The peoples indigenous to the Kalahari Desert and the rest of Southern Africa are characteristically distinct from their Northern neighbors. They tend to have flatter faces with the classic "Asian" phenomenological slant of the eyes. Whereas the majority of those of African decent in this county do not feature the same traits or distinguishing genetic features--they are of Sub-Saharan, West African origin.
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The peoples indigenous to the Kalahari Desert and the rest of Southern Africa are characteristically distinct from their Northern neighbors. They tend to have flatter faces with the classic "Asian" phenomenological slant of the eyes. Whereas the majority of those of African decent in this county do not feature the same traits or distinguishing genetic features--they are of Sub-Saharan, West African origin.
Are you referring to the Khoisan? They are comprised of two different ethnicities. This isn't the 19th century anymore when Irish and Jewish and English were "races." South African is a nationality, not a race.
Are you referring to the Khoisan? They are comprised of two different ethnicities. This isn't the 19th century anymore when Irish and Jewish and English were "races." South African is a nationality, not a race.
Last I checked, the Kalahari Desert (and the Khoisan) is also in Botswana and Namibia. Do you propose we say that such people of Namibia are of South African nationality? Additionally, the Khoisan have been shown to have some significant genetic differences as well, insinuating they broke off from the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa long ago. This has been particularly noted by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza in his 1994 Princeton University Press article The History and Geography of Human Genes.
When did I say Irish, English and Jewish are races? The genetic similarities between these nationalities are striking in comparison of the Khoisan to the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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