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Negrito
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Image:Semang.jpg right|thumb|[[Semang,
Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago]]
The '''Negritos''' include the
Ati, the
Aeta and at least 4 other tribes of the
Demographics of the Philippines Philippines, the
Semang of the
Malay peninsula, and 12
Andamanese tribes of the
Andaman Islands. The
Malay language Malay term for them is ''
orang asli'', or ''original people''. They are likely the
indigenous people of
south-east Asia, including
New Guinea.
Pygmy-sized, they are numerically and physically among the smallest as well as among the least-known of all living human races. The Negrito peoples have one of the purest genetic pools of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) among anyone in humankind so their mtDNA serves as a baseline in studying
Genetic drift Genetic Drift.
The word is the Spanish diminutive of ''Negro'', i.e. "little Black", and was given by early explorers who thought that the Negritos were from Africa.
The Negritos of the Philippines could make fire, whereas the
Andamanese could not. The Semang are recorded to have made clothing of pounded tree bark, and to have lived in both caves and leaf-covered shelters. The Negritos are believed to be the aborigines of the Philippines.
They are distinct from the Formosan-Indo-Malay peoples who arrived in boats or ''balangay'' (see
Barangay). (See
Antique, Philippines#History Antique, Philippines for the
1212 purchase of rights, by some Malay peoples, to settle on the island of
Panay from the chief of the Negritos there).
See also
*
List of Philippine-related topics#Tribes and ethnic groups List of Philippine Tribes and Ethnic Groups
*
Andaman Islands for a description of the Andamanese tribes.
*
Genetic drift Genetic Drift Theory
External links
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An Amazing Beginning, by Charles Kimball
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The Anadamanese Negrito
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"Negro and Negrito", by M. Stewart
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The Semang of Malaysia
References
*{{1911}}
*"DNA Study Yields Clues on Early Human's First Migration" ''
New York Times'', May 13, 2005 p. A7.
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Category:Ethnic groups in Malaysia
Category:Ethnic groups in Oceania
Category:Ethnic groups in the Philippines
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Category:Indigenous peoples of Southeast Asia
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