[arthurus]

The author compares the Andamanese to pygmies then describes bushman characteristics. The bushmen of southern Africa are short but are not related to the pygmies of central Africa. It is the bushmen who have the peppercorn hair, protruding buttocks, etc. They also have the blue spot on their backs that identifies them as Asians rather than Africans. I wonder if those islanders have that spot.

[blam]

"It is the bushmen who have the peppercorn hair, protruding buttocks, etc. They also have the blue spot on their backs that identifies them as Asians rather than Africans. I wonder if those islanders have that spot."

I would like to see a DNA comparison of these people with the Bushmen also. The Bushmen do have Mongol Spots and are Asian. The Female Bushmen have a unique 'apron' over the genetial area. There aren't any 'pure' Bushmen alive today, they are mixed with the Bantu (black) people.