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Exploring the relationships between genetic, linguistic and geographic distances in Bantu‐speaking populations

American Journal of Biological Anthropology, Volume 179, Issue 1, Page 104-117, September 2022., 2022
Abstract Objectives The predominance of Bantu languages in sub‐Saharan Africa has sparked a large debate over the processes through which they came to disperse over time and space—the “Bantu expansion.” The overall genetic similarity shown by Bantu‐speaking populations indicates that movement of people occurred too, but the extent of the correlation ...
Miguel González‐Santos, Francesco Montinaro, Rebecca Grollemund, Davide Marnetto, Masharip Atadzhanov, Celia A. May, Nedio Mabunda, Pierre de Maret, Ockie Oosthuizen, Erica Oosthuizen, Cristian Capelli   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The state as a whiteman, the whiteman as a /’hun: personhood, recognition, and the politics of knowability in the Kalahari

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 28, Issue 2, Page 477-495, June 2022., 2022
Abstract The article is dedicated to the loving memory of !A|’xuni. The Ju|’hoansi of east central Namibia sometimes refer to the state as a whiteman and to the whiteman as a /’hun (steenbok). In this article, I contextualize these naming practices by tracing the history of colonial encounters on the fringes of the Western Kalahari through a small ...
Velina Ninkova
wiley   +1 more source

Aristotle's dream: Evolutionary and neural aspects of aesthetic communication in the arts

PsyCh Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 224-243, April 2021., 2021
Abstract Art in general perception is something that transcends our notion of reality. In view of the earliest findings in Paleolithic sites, their abstract appearance and sometimes ceremonial context increased their status of a secret language. Even the first figurative cave paintings remained in a context of an encoded semantic whole.
Christa Sütterlin, Xinchi Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Geographies of Parents With Intellectual Disabilities in Selected Regions of Namibia

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examined the geographies of parents with intellectual disabilities in specific regions of Namibia. It aimed to understand how these parents perceive themselves and their identities within their social and cultural contexts as they manage their parenting roles.
Cynthy K. Haihambo
wiley   +1 more source

Reduced distractibility in a remote culture. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2011
de Fockert JW, Caparos S, Linnell KJ, Davidoff J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Genetic structure and sex-biased gene flow in the history of southern African populations. [PDF]

Am J Phys Anthropol, 2018
Bajić V, Barbieri C, Hübner A, Güldemann T, Naumann C, Gerlach L, Berthold F, Nakagawa H, Mpoloka SW, Roewer L, Purps J, Stoneking M, Pakendorf B.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Beetle and plant arrow poisons of the Ju|'hoan and Hai||om San peoples of Namibia (Insecta, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae; Plantae, Anacardiaceae, Apocynaceae, Burseraceae). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2016
Chaboo CS, Biesele M, Hitchcock RK, Weeks A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A catalogue of early diverged contemporary human genome variation reveals distinct Khoe-San populations. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Jaratlerdsiri W, Soh PXY, Gong T, Jiang J, Simayi Z, Petersen DC, Holland E, Chan EKF, Theron KE, Haacke WHG, Förtsch HEA, Bornman MSR, Thomas DM, Mphahlele J, Hayes VM.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Revised timeline and distribution of the earliest diverged human maternal lineages in southern Africa. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2015
Chan EK, Hardie RA, Petersen DC, Beeson K, Bornman RM, Smith AB, Hayes VM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Complex Ancient Genetic Structure and Cultural Transitions in Southern African Populations. [PDF]

Genetics, 2017
Montinaro F, Busby GB, Gonzalez-Santos M, Oosthuitzen O, Oosthuitzen E, Anagnostou P, Destro-Bisol G, Pascali VL, Capelli C.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source