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Historically defined as Negrito because they physically resemble small Africans, these hunter-gatherers may have the most ancient ancestry in Asia. Nearly exterminated by disease and a cataclysmic volcanic eruption, they now survive in forests of Malaysia, the Philippines and India's Andaman Islands. Some are armed with spears and blowpipes, a few with cellphones and graduate degrees. Edith Mirante reveals the story of the Negrito peoples through a compelling Chatwinesque narrative of journeys into their remaining lands. The Wind in the Bamboo will captivate readers who wonder who we humans are, where we come from, and where we are going.
