mon property of the community. The pastoralists or Khoikhoi, came to perceive themselves as superior to those who did not own domestic stock. Gone were the hunter-gatherer days when everybody was essentially equal and shared what he or she had with one another. Ownership of livestock, which were often inherited by sons from their fathers, led to the evolvement of a social hierarchy in which the status of a person was determined by wealth in cattle or sheep. Because of this fighting there were many problems, and some San fled the fighting while others formed "robber bands" which stole the Khoi cattle and possessions.
             Across the sea, in an entirely different country, great changes were also taking place. Although this occurred ± 11 000 years later, the first "natives" who lived in America were the Paleo-Indians who arrived over an ice-corridor from Siberia, before dispersing into the Western hemisphere. They were essentially mammoth hunters and were highly intelligent. Scientists have found needles made from tiny slivers of bone, embedded in the ice to suggest that they sewed their own leather clothing. The hunters used spears and early on became thrifty, never wasting anything. Even though the Paleo-Indians had to kill animals for food etc, they still managed to maintain a peaceful existence within their environment. Hunting skills were passed on from generation to generation and this can clarify the reason as to why the women had to leave their families and go to live with the men. According to the Paleo men, their familiarity with the land spelled the difference between life and death. Women could dig up roots and pick berries anywhere. By about AD 1500 The vast region stretching eastward from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean was relatively sparsely populated by tribes whose economies were generally based on hunting and gathering, fishing, and farming.
             We can see parallels between the San and th...