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The Dance of the Negritos from Puebla, and the Danza de los Diablos, from the Costa Chica of Guerrero, symbolize the resistance that Indigenous and Afro-Mexican communities lead in the face of marginalization and discrimination.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2023

These people are found in a patchwork quilt of populations on islands of Southeast Asia, including Melanesians in Papua New Guinea, aboriginals in Australia, and Negritos in the Philippines.

From Slate • Oct. 11, 2012

Unlike the Negritos of the region, the Pygmies were only 4� feet tall and were light brown, almost "blond" in complexion.

From Time Magazine Archive

Those relict Negritos of Southeast Asia may be the last survivors of the source population from which New Guinea was colonized.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

In reality, there are only a few New Guinean—like populations in the Philippine/western Indonesia area, notably the Negritos living in mountainous areas of the Philippines.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond