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South Andamanid
Similar Types Malid, North Andamanid, Semangid, Aetid
Group Andamanid
Distribution Map

Description

Isolated type typical for the Little Andamanese people (Onge, Jarawa, Sentilese). After contact with Europeans in the 19th century populations collapsed, mostly due to disease. A few hundred remain today with Jarawa being the most populous, and Sentilese one of the last Stone Age tribes without closer contact to the modern world.[1]

Physical Traits

Bluish brown-black skin, kinky or peppercorn hair. Very short, ectomorph to endomorph, mesoskelic. Body proportions show no sign of pygmyism. Females often steatopygic. Brachycephalic, mildly hypsicranic, small-headed. Mildly platyrrhine nose. Chin weak, prognathy mild. Compared to North Andamanid, more robust with a rounder face, wider nose, and shorter head.



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