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"Click Language" and the San Bushmen People

by QuarksAreStrange 577,576 views

Original video description:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journey_of_Man:_A_Genetic_O­dyssey

About Spencer Wells, the author:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Wells
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging/spencerWells.html

The Bushmen, San, Basarwa or Khwe are indigenous people of the Kalahari Desert. They were traditionally hunter-gatherers, part of the Khoisan group, and are related to the traditionally pastoral Khoikhoi.

Their "click" language is Khoisan. Total population: 82 000 (mainly in Botswana and Namibia).

San Bushmen:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen
Khoisan languages:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan_languages

This is a footage from the important documentary "The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey" (2003) by PBS http://www.pbs.com and National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com .

I have another video of this documentary: RACISM is scientifically wrong: we're all African under the skin.