Australoid race

Explanation

The Australoid race is a broad racial classification. The concept originated with a typological method of racial classification. They were described as having dark skin with wavy hair, in the case of the Veddoid race of South Asia and Aboriginal Australians, or hair ranging from straight to kinky in the case of the Melanesian and Negrito groups.

• also known as Australoid

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Life is All About Timing by Arun B

The Australoid race is a broad racial classification. Aboriginal Australians described as having dark skin with wavy hair, and in the case of Papuan, Melanesian and Negrito groups, hair will be curly and frizzy. The Indigenous sub Saharan ...

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