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The Andaman Islanders in a regional genetic context: reexamining the evidence for an early peopling of the archipelago from South Asia.
Human biology - 1 Jan 2000
Chaubey Gyaneshwer, Endicott Phillip
Abstract excerpt
The indigenous inhabitants of the Andaman Islands were considered by many early anthropologists to be pristine examples of a "negrito" substrate of humanity that existed throughout Southeast Asia. Despite over 150 years of research and study, questions over the extent of shared ancestry between Andaman Islanders and other small-bodied, gracile, dark-skinned populations throughout the region are still unresolved....
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