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Pella's Khoe-San Ancestry
There are Khoe-San groups throughout southern Africa, like southern Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. These groups include Bushmen, Khoe, Nama, and other people that speak and used to speak Khoisan languages. Even though they had different cultures and languages, they share the same ancestors, and some share ancestors from long ago and some from very recently.
Genetics tells us there are 4 main Khoe-San ancestry groups. They look like this
For people in Pella, 50% of their ancestors are Khoe-San, which Khoe-San ancestry group is most similar to the Khoe-San ancestors of Pella?
!Xoo
Jul’hosai San
Pella
Nama
Pella
Jul’hosai San
In this diagram, you can see how the Khoe-San ancestry of the people in Pella is more similar to the Khoe-San ancestry in Jul’hosai San populations than !Xoo populations.
Furthermore, you can see that the Khoe-San ancestry of the people in Pella is more similar to the Khoe-San ancestry in Nama populations than Jul’hosai San populations.
Pella
Nama
≠Khomani-San
Building off of that, the Khoe-San ancestry of the people in Pella is more similar to the Khoe-San ancestry in ≠Khomani-San populations than Nama populations.
≠Khomani-San
Pella
!Xoo
Jul’hosai San
Nama
Putting this all together, the Khoe-San ancestry for the people in Pella is most similar to ≠Khomani-San populations, then Nama populations, then Jul’hosai San populations, and least similar to !Xoo populations.
Another way to think about how all the Khoe-San groups are connected throughout time is to imagine a tree/stream of connectedness.
Common Ancestor of all Khoe-San populations as of 120,000 Years ago
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