The term Negrito refers to several diverse ethnic groups who inhabit isolated parts of Southeast Asia and the Andaman Islands. Populations often described as Negrito include: the Andamanese peoples of
A Luzon Negrito with spear
Batek family in Malaysia.
A young Onge mother with her baby (Andaman Islands, India, 1905)
The Hoabinhian is a lithic techno-complex of archaeological sites associated with assemblages in Southeast Asia from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene, dated to c. 10,000–2000 BCE. It is attributed
Hiem cave, Hoabinhian
Sumatralith from Nongke Xiaodong Cave, the oldest Hoabinhian complex.
Hiem cave (selected flakes)