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Semang, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago The word is Spanish for "little Negro" and was given by early explorers who thought that the Negritos were from Africa. Nevertheless it has been used for the past more than 300 years to denote the generally short-statured, peppercorn-haired, dark-skinned people found in small surviving pockets all over tropical Asia and perhaps beyond.
The theory of the connection to Africa collapsed the moment the first unbiased scientific observers met living Andamanese Negritos face to face. Apart from dark skin and curly hair, they have little in common with any African population, including the African pygmies. There are, however, a few fascinating connections to the Khoisan of South Africa. It is therefore quite sure that the Negritos are not Africans (except in the way all of us Homo sapiens originated in Africa). Clear archaeological evidence found so far of Negrito settlements in the Andamans does not go back more than 2,200 years but absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Besides, there is now little doubt that the Negrito race represents an ancient, if not the most ancient, component in the prehistoric peopling of AsiaThe continent of Asia is defined by subtracting Europe and Africa from the great land mass of Africa-Eurasia. The boundaries are vague, especially between Asia and Europe: Asia and Africa meet somewhere near the Suez Canal. The boundary between Asia and E by anatomically modern humans. As such they could go back 70,000 years. The Negritos of the Philippines could make fire, whereas the Andamanese could not, as of 1911. The Semang are recorded to have made clothing of pounded tree bark, and to have lived in both caves and leaf-covered shelters.
They are distinct from the Formosan-Indo-Malay peoples who arrived in boats or balangay (see BarangayA barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays. Each barangay is headed by a barangay captain punong barangay who leads the barangay council sanggun). The current mainstream Filipino at times commemorate the Negrito and the Spanish by dressing up as these peoples, during local celebrations. (See Antique, PhilippinesAntique P is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose and is located at the western portion of Panay island, bordering Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo to the east. Antique faces the Sulu Sea to the west. Antiqu for the 1212Events The first Great Fire of London burns most of the city to the ground. Battle of Navas de Tolosa. Children's crusade Crusaders push the Moslems out of northern Spain Births Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan Deaths Honen Shonin, who established Pure Land B purchase of rights, by some Malay peoples, to settle on the island of PanayPanay is an island in the Philippines located in the Visayas. Politically, it is divided into four provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo, all in the Western Visayas region. The prominent city of the island is Iloilo City. Panay is located southeast from the chief of the Negritos there).
For the Negritos themselves the term has no meaning since they know themselves only by their local tribal names and are not (yet) aware that they may belong to a people called "Negrito". (See List of Philippine-related topics#Tribes and ethnic groupsPeople Filipinos See also List of Filipinos. Chinese Filipino Filipino Americans Filipino Canadians Revolution and Politics Andres Bonifacio Antonio Fortich Apolinario Mabini Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. Arturo Tolentino Benigno Aquino Benigno Aquino Jr. Benign for a systematic list of their tribes and peoples, and Andaman Islands for a description of the Andamanese tribes.)
The term "Negrito", a term of long historical standing, is regarded by some as a misnomer. "Black Asians" has been proposed but this would include the Negritos along with the Melanesians, Veddoid and some other Asian people, giving undue importance to the minor genetic trait of skin colour and ignoring more profound genetic and other differences between these groups.
Others think that until the Negritos themselves are aware of their situation and in a position to decide the matter for themselves, the term should not be changed. In this view, non-Negritos should not arrogate to themselves the right to rename a people without their knowledge and consent. It is proposed that "Negrito" is a perfectly acceptable term as long as it is used without derogatory intent.
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