Races, Negroid

Medical Condition:
Races, Negroid

A major racial group distinguished by classification according to physical features. This group is found largely as African Negroes in the western, central, and southern parts of Africa; as Melanesians and Papuans in New Guinea; as Negrillos in the African Congo; and as Negritos in the African Congo, Malay peninsula, New Guinea, and Andaman Islands. (Winick: Dictionary of Anthropology, 1972)