PICS: See Images Of Members Of Botswana’s San Tribe Believed To Be The World’s Most Ancient Race

by Nana Tamakloe February 3, 2022

February 3, 2022 2.8K views

The San tribe has been living in Southern Africa for at least 30,000 years and they are believed to be not only the oldest African tribe, but quite possibly the world’s most ancient race. The San have the most diverse and distinct DNA than any other indigenous African group

The San peoples are easily recognised for their light skin tone with chinky eyes. They are members of various Khoe, Tuu, or Kxʼa-speaking indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures that are the first cultures of Southern Africa.

Their terrotiries span amongst many Southern African countries such as Botswana, Namibia, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and South Africa. In 2017, Botswana was home to approximately 63,500 San people, which is roughly 2.8% of the country’s population, making it the country with the highest population of San people.