Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Hunter-gatherers face extinction on India island

Hunter-gatherers face extinction on India island
(Reuters AlertNet)
“It is really frightening,” said author and activist Madhusree Mukherjee. “The surest way to kill hunter-gatherers is to take away their territory.”

The Jarawa are one of four ancient Negroid tribes barely surviving on the Andamans. Last month, Indian scientists said DNA evidence suggested they were direct descendents of man’s earliest ancestors, who migrated from Africa 65,000 to 70,000 years ago, only to be stranded on the islands by rising seawater.

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