Editing Kalahari Desert (section)

==Population==
[[File:San-Mann beim Sammeln der Teufelskralle (Namibia).jpg|thumb|upright|San man collecting [[Harpagophytum|devil's claw]] (2017)]]
The [[San people]] have lived in the Kalahari for 20,000 years as [[hunter-gatherer]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Marshall |first=L. |date=2003 |title=Bushmen driven from ancestral lands in Botswana |work=National Geographic News |place=Johannesburg |url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0416_030416_san2_2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024221016/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0416_030416_san2_2.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 October 2005 |access-date=2009-04-22}}</ref> They hunt wild game with bows and poisoned arrows and gather edible plants, such as berries, melons and nuts, as well as insects. The San get most of their water requirements from plant roots and desert melons found on or under the desert floor. They often store water in the blown-out shells of ostrich eggs. The San live in huts built from local materials—the frame is made of branches, and the roof is thatched with long grass. Most of their hunting and gathering techniques replicate pre-historic tribes. [[Bantu languages|Bantu]]-speaking [[Tswana people|Tswana]], [[Kgalagadi language|Kgalagadi]], and [[Herero people|Herero]] and a small number of European settlers also live in the Kalahari desert. The city of [[Windhoek]] is situated in the [[Kalahari Basin]].{{cn|date=October 2024}}