Who are the Philippine negritos? Evidence from language

Human Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 329-358

  Reid, Lawrence A ^a  

^a University of Hawai'i   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agta; Alta; Arta; At ta; Ay ta; Demic dispersal; Dumagat; Head hunting; Ma layo polynesian dispersal; Negritos; Philippines

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHILIPPINES;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 85026437348     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.085.0316     Document Type: Article

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