Oh, by the way... The movie: GOD's MUST BE CRAZY is based on Bushmen :)
Bushmen are actually a very interesting indigenous group. DNA tests reveal that they are the oldest human ancestors that we have originated from. In other words, this is the oldest tribe in the world that we all originated from. They have been living their for 100,000 years. Thus, these people have incredible knowledge about their ecosystem as they have been living their for thousands of years. The reason why it is important is because they have a sustainable ideology which can be learned from. We are on the brink of messing everything up and have a unsustainable attitude. I don't think that we would be able to live for tens of thousands of years without somehow eradicating ourselves.
Cool things that they do that make it seem as if they are really, really, ancient.
* They kill their prey with poison from beetle larvae. This poison is very slow acting and they have to track the animal down via footprints and expert trackers for hours. Then they appreciate it and kill it.
*Ostrich eggs store water that they collect. They bury them in the sand and jab sticks on top. Somehow, the animals don't dig it up because they think the sticks are some sort of an elaborate trap.
* They create fire via hand drill. (seen above)
* They have cool cave paintings.
Today, unfortunately, they are endangered. Like many other indigenous cultures, they have been battling against modern life. They have most of their land taken by the government and the shrinking reserves.Their land has also been subject to industrial mining and exploitation. In addition, the Botswana government is trying to integrate them into society and ban them from hunting. It is important that they remain intact.
http://www.survivalinternational.org/tribes/bushmen
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