Negrito
a member of any of various Indigenous peoples of Africa, the Philippines, the Malay Peninsula, the Andaman Islands, and southern India.
Origin of Negrito
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Their genetic analyses compared ancient DNA from Denisovans and Neandertals with that of 1,107 individuals from 118 ethnic groups in the Philippines, including 25 Negrito populations.
An Indigenous people in the Philippines have the most Denisovan DNA | Bruce Bower | August 12, 2021 | Science NewsGenetic evidence now shows that a Philippine Negrito ethnic group has inherited the most Denisovan ancestry of all.
An Indigenous people in the Philippines have the most Denisovan DNA | Bruce Bower | August 12, 2021 | Science NewsThen he told Alila how the Negrito children are taught to use their bows and arrows when very young.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin | Mary Hazelton WadeWe heard a story here of a Negrito stealing a pig from two Ilongots who had a Negrito brother-in-law.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxIn their beginnings, these factors already manifest themselves in the wanderings of the Papuan and Negrito tribes.
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
I had cured the old Negrito chief with it, and he was very grateful to me, and presented me with some very fine arrows in return.
Wanderings Among South Sea Savages And in Borneo and the Philippines | H. Wilfrid WalkerThe proof of these two tribes being Negrito is the strongest for the Hillunas.
Opuscula | Robert Gordon Latham
British Dictionary definitions for Negrito
/ (nɪˈɡriːtəʊ) /
a member of any of various dwarfish Negroid peoples of SE Asia and Melanesia
Origin of Negrito
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