How The Tribes Of The Andamans Got To The Islands
Not much is known about the Andaman's prehistory. However from what we know we can assume that they arrived the Andaman islands less than 26,000 years ago. How did they get their? They might have crossed the land bridge that connected the Andaman islands and Myanmar. Why did they go their though? Maybe they just followed animals that were going there.
The Environment in the past
like I've said above there isn't much information about the Andaman island's prehistory and this is were the information is limited. We do know that the Andaman islands were originally one. Also the Andamanese people said that in the past strange elephant like creatures existed on the island. Unfortunately there isn't any more information
Genetics Of The Andamanese People
Based on the information gather from DNA analysis we can tell that they are very closely related to African people.The Andamanese people are also closely related to South Asian people. unlike them however. The Andaman islanders lack any north Indian admixture. Their closest relatives are the Malaysian Negrito tribe in South Asia.
People of the Malaysian negrito tribe
Anatomy of the Andamanese people
The andamanese people have very dark skin and are quite small. the reason might be because there is higher mortality rates or maybe because of the lack of nutrient they are getting on the island