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Genetic affinities of the Andaman Islanders, a vanishing human population.
Current biology : CB - 21 Jan 2003
Thangaraj Kumarasamy, Singh Lalji, Reddy Alla G, Rao V Raghavendra, Sehgal Subhash C, Underhill Peter A, Pierson Melanie, Frame Ian G, Hagelberg Erika
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BACKGROUND: The Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal are inhabited by hunter-gatherers of unknown origin, now on the verge of extinction. The Andamanese and other Asian small-statured peoples, traditionally known as "Negritos," resemble African pygmies. However, it is generally believed that they descend from the early Australo-Melanesian settlers of Southeast Asia and that their resemblance to some Africans is...
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