A team of Stanford University scientists, using the largest-ever genetic analysis of remote tribal people, has determined that the human family tree is rooted in one of the world’s most marginal and ...

METSIMANONG, Botswana – Here, deep in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, life has never been easy. Rainfall is scarce in the landscape of dry riverbeds, salt flats and barren plains. The days come to ...

ACCRA, GHANA — In a landmark decision, the Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the nation’s government had acted illegally when it forcibly evicted the last tribal Bushmen from the Central ...

KAGGA KAMMA GAME RESERVE, South Africa — About 50 bushmen have returned to the rugged land of their ancestors here, hoping to preserve prehistoric traditions and save a vanishing tribe. Dressed in ...

Scientists have long known that natives of southern Africa are genetically quite distinct from people in the rest of the world, but a new study in which the genomes of four African Bushmen and one ...

The government of Botswana is relocating the last few dozen San Bushmen out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. For more than 20,000 years, the San have lived in the region as hunter-gathers. The ...

Old times -- The rewards of hard work -- The mother hill -- A beachside brawl -- The settlers -- Living in the moment -- Tsumkwe Road -- The provident environment -- The hollow tree -- Strong food -- ...

James Workman is the author of Heart of Dryness: How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought-- a nonfiction narrative of the Central Kalahari San's ongoing struggle ...

THE village of Kaudwane may be less than 300km (186 miles) from Botswana's capital, but it is a world apart from Gaborone's smart buildings and new malls. Scrawny cows roam the sandy roadside, chewing ...