Philippine Negrito populations

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Philippine Negrito populations are indigenous hunter-gatherer groups in the Philippines characterized by distinct genetic lineages and long-term isolation from later-arriving Asian populations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnolinguistic groups
genetically distinct human populations
hunter-gatherer populations
indigenous peoples
culturallyRelatedTo other Negrito groups of Southeast Asia
earliestSettlementEstimate Late Pleistocene
more than 30,000 years ago
ethnonym Negritos of the Philippines NERFINISHED
facesIssue land dispossession
loss of traditional territories
marginalization
pressures toward sedentarization
geneticallyDifferentiatedFrom East Asian agriculturalist-descended populations
later Austronesian-speaking Filipino populations
hasAncestryComponent Denisovan-related ancestry
ancient Southeast Asian hunter-gatherer ancestry
deep East Eurasian ancestry
variable Austronesian-related ancestry
hasDistinctiveFeature curly to frizzy hair
dark skin pigmentation
deep genetic lineages
early divergence from other East Eurasian populations
high levels of genetic diversity
historical semi-nomadic lifestyle
hunter-gatherer subsistence traditions
long-term isolation from later-arriving Asian populations
oral tradition-based culture
short stature
small-scale band-level social organization
use of forest resources for subsistence
hasLanguageFamily Austronesian languages NERFINISHED
Negrito-associated Austronesian languages
Philippine languages NERFINISHED
includesGroup Aeta NERFINISHED
Agta NERFINISHED
Ati NERFINISHED
Batak of Palawan NERFINISHED
Dumagat NERFINISHED
Mamanwa NERFINISHED
Remontado Dumagat NERFINISHED
inhabits Luzon NERFINISHED
Mindanao NERFINISHED
Palawan NERFINISHED
Visayas NERFINISHED
forest environments
mountainous interior regions
locatedIn Island Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Philippines
notGeneticallyIdenticalTo African Pygmy populations
partOf indigenous peoples of the Philippines NERFINISHED
protectedBy Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (Philippines) NERFINISHED
recognizedBy Philippine government as indigenous cultural communities
subjectOf anthropological research
linguistic research
population genetics studies

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Denisovans contributedDNAto Philippine Negrito populations