Pygmies who live in Southeast Asia are,
amongst others, referred to as“Negritos.”.
The Negritos arrived about 30,000 years ago
and occupied several scattered areas throughout the islands.
The majority of Filipinos are of the Malay race, while the Aetas(Negritos), as well as other highland
The majority of Filipinos are of the Malay race, while the Aetas(Negritos), as well as other highland
groups form a minority.
On the detailed satellite view it can be seen that the epicenter(if confirmed)
is right under the beaches of Islas Negritos.
The ancient ethno-linguistic groups, such as, the Aryans, the Austrics, the Negritos the Dravidians, the Alpines and the Mongoloids,
had combined to constitute the modern Indian race.
The tributes count the total founding population of Spanish-Philippines as 667,612 people, of which: 20,000 were Chinese migrant traders, 16,500 were Latino soldier-colonists sent from Peru and Mexico, 3,000 were Japanese residents, and 600 were pure Spaniards from Europe, there was also a large but unknown number of Indian Filipinos,
the rest of the population were Malays and Negritos.