Here is a San Bushwoman:
The San are most closely related to all of our common ancestors. I think it’s interesting because the San have features that look like a mix of the different kinds of people on earth to me. You can definitely see how Africans and Asians came from the San.
Why do I like the San so much? Well, they are pretty, but that’s not it, there are a lot of pretty peoples in the world. They are just so sweet. Have you seen The Gods Must Be Crazy? (I like the second one best.) I know it’s just a very silly movie, but I think it represents their true sweet culture. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas calls them “the harmless people.”
Also, they thought God was the God of the antelope and thus working against them when they hunted! How humble is that? They didn’t even think they were the primary creatures on earth. I LOVE THE SAN.
Check out the beginning of the first The Gods Must be Crazy movie which is I admit where I’ve gotten a lot of my information about the San. ;)
The San need help. They don’t really have a country. I wish I knew of a charity that helped them. Anyone know how we can help the San?
Read a little more about the San and see where I nabbed the picture in this post from at the new National Genographic Blog.
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