Why have the Peninsular “Negritos” remained distinct?

• Main Author: Benjamin, Geoffrey
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106539; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24020; http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol85/iss1/20
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The primary focus of this article is on the so-called negritos of Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, but attention is also paid to other parts of Southeast Asia. I present a survey of current views on the "negrito" phenotype-is it single or many? If the phenotype is many (as now se...