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TIL The Jarawa People of The Andamans Islands are 100% Oriental Asian, express genes only found in Japanese and Tibetans, and are said to look like Asians did 40,000 -80,000 years ago - Jet black skin, short stature, and wiry hair. The Jarawa peoples had been in absolute isolation until 2002.

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