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Negritos  n. pl.  (singular Negrito) (Ethnol.) A Papuan race, inhabiting Luzon and some of the other east Indian Islands. They resemble black people, but are smaller in size. They are mostly nomads.






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... some extent by Papuan and possibly Papuo-Melanesian influence, both physical and cultural. He has marshalled his data with great skill, and has dissected out, as it were, the physical and cultural elements of the Negrito substratum. It only remains for other observers to study Negritos in other parts of New Guinea to see how far these claims can be substantiated. It is evident therefore that, apart from the valuable detailed information which Mr. Williamson has given us concerning a hitherto unknown tribe, he has opened up a problem of considerable ...
— The Mafulu - Mountain People of British New Guinea • Robert W. Williamson



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