Australoid (race)
outdated term for denoting and categorizing the supposedly biologically unified indigenous population of Australia and, less often, the rest of Oceania. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Australoid race was a word for the aboriginal people of Australia, Melanesia, and parts of Southeast Asia.[1] In former times, many people divided human beings into four races. These races were called Australoid, Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid. Today, scientists agree that there is only one human race. Modern genetic research has shown that the idea of four races was wrong.[2][3]: 360
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