African Presence in Early Asia

The story of the African presence in early Asia is as fascinating as it is obscure. It covers a period of more than 500,000 years beginning with the first Homo Erectus migrations out of Africa. Both Peking and Java Man were only regional varieties of these early Africoid hominids. The story continues with the first modern human populations (Homo Sapiens Sapiens), the diminuitive blacks, who travelled and sojourned from one corner of Asia to the other, beginning perhaps 50,000 years ago.

The diminutive blacks were followed by others of slightly larger bodily proportions and further distinguished by straight to wavy hair textures. Variously called Austrics, Austro-Asiatics, Mons, Mundas, Kolarians, and Veddas, these blacks were probably at their zenith 25,000 years ago, and are still prevalent in large numbers throughout Asia.