桑人(San)或薩恩人(Saan)、巴薩爾瓦人(Basarwa) ,是生活於南非、博茨瓦納、納米比亞與安哥拉的一個以狩獵採集為生原住民族。生活在不同地區的桑人的語言差異極大[1][2],桑人也常被外人称作布须曼人(英語:Bushmen,意为“丛林人”),但現今被认为是贬损的称呼[3][4]。
自1950年代開始,桑人社會開始進行現代化。此外,遺傳學上根據人類Y染色體DNA單倍型類群的研究顯示,此民族可能是世界上現存最古老的民族之一[5]。2009年的一項非洲人基因多樣性調查顯示,桑人是非洲基因最多樣的五個民族之一[6][7][8]。
- 歷蘇,一位桑人演員,曾演出《上帝也瘋狂》(The Gods Must Be Crazy)。
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- Tishkoff, Sarah A.; Floyd A. Reed, Françoise R. Friedlaender, Christopher Ehret, Alessia Ranciaro, Alain Froment, Jibril B. Hirbo, Agnes A. Awomoyi, Jean-Marie Bodo, Ogobara Doumbo, Muntaser Ibrahim, Abdalla T. Juma, Maritha J. Kotze, Godfrey Lema, Jason H. Moore, Holly Mortensen, Thomas B. Nyambo, Sabah A. Omar, Kweli Powell, Gideon S. Pretorius, Michael W. Smith, Mahamadou A. Thera, Charles Wambebe, James L. Weber, and Scott M. Williams. The Genetic Structure and History of Africans and African Americans (online abstract). Science (journal) (Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science). May 2009, 324 (5930): 1035–1044 [2010-06-30]. ISSN 0036-8075. OCLC 424238906. PMID 19407144. doi:10.1126/science.1172257. (原始内容存档于2009-05-06).