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DURING the course of a general survey of the black races of southern Africa for the sickle cell trait—the results of which will be published elsewhere—an opportunity arose of examining blood specimens from 118 Bushmen. Fifty-eight specimens were obtained from Barakwenga or River Bushmen living in the western section of the Caprive Zipfel in the north-east of South-West Africa. The remainder were from south of the Okavango River near the western border of Bechuanaland.
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GRIFFITHS, S. Absence of the Sickle Cell Trait in the Bushmen of South-West Africa. Nature 171, 577–578 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171577c0
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