ACCRA, GHANA — In a landmark decision, the Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the nation’s government had acted illegally when it forcibly evicted the last tribal Bushmen from the Central ...

The Botswana Bushmen live in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in the centre of Botswana. The area is known to be one of the most rugged, arid landscapes on the face of the planet. In recent years, ...

Climate scientists know very well that hints of the future may lie in the past, or in what we can glean of it from ice bubbles, tree rings and other proxy evidence. 'Fossilized lifestyles' — such as ...

Kalahari Bushmen are taking the government of Botswana to court over its refusal to allow them access to a water borehole on their land. The case is due to be heard at Botswana’s High Court in Lobatse ...

Within weeks of the court ruling, forty evicted Bushmen sneaked back into the Kalahari, ignoring President Mogae’s attempts to make them stay out. By April 2006, two hundred had returned. Despite dual ...

A study of Africa's Kalahari Bushmen suggests that stories told over firelight helped human culture and thought evolve by reinforcing social traditions, promoting harmony and equality, and sparking ...

ACCRA, Ghana — In a landmark decision, the Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the government had acted illegally when it forcibly evicted the last tribal Bushmen living a traditional life in the ...

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THE Bushmen of the Kalahari desert in southern Africa are known mainly as hunter-gatherers, but new evidence suggests that they were tending livestock almost 2000 years ago. A zone infested by the ...

South African Bushman Izak Kruiper, traveling with his Kalahari counterparts to offer moral support, points out coyote tracks he spotted during a hike through the Santa Monica Mountains. Sesana slips ...

There is a Western, technology-based, unintentional bias in the reporting of synesthesia. Our best tool for logging synesthetes and their experiences is the online Synesthesia Battery administered by ...