Negrito
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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)
Pygmy peoples
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In anthropology, pygmy peoples are ethnic groups whose average height is unusually short. The term pygmyism is used to describe the phenotype of endemic short stature for populations in which adult me
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…small physical stature and dark skin. Contemporary usage of an alternative Spanish epithet, Negrillos, also tended to bundle these peoples with the pygmy peoples of Central Africa on the basis of perceived similarities in stature and complexion. Historically, the label Negrito has also been used to refer to…
Aka Pygmies in the Congo Basin in August 2014
A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village
African pygmies and a European visitor, c. 1921
Pygmies of the Ituri Rainforest