Indians include people of all ethnic groups in India. The total population is about1300 million, and there are more than 100 ethnic groups, among which Hindustan accounts for about 30% of the total population, and its overseas distribution is mainly in the United States. Other larger ethnic groups include Maladi, Bengali, Bihar, Taigu and Tamil. 72% are Indian Aryans and 25% are Dravidians.

There are five main races in India, in order of the time when they entered India, namely nigri Tuo, Primitive Australian (Vader-type Australian race), Mongolian (yellow race, also known as Asian American race), Dravida and Indian Aryan. Among them, Dravidians and Indian Aryans constitute the vast majority of India's population today, and Indians usually refer to them.

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Four major races: Asian race (yellow race), Caucasian race (white race), African race (black race) and Oceania race (brown race).

Asian race

Also known as yellow race. The main characteristics are black and hard hair, eyes with inner canthus folds, underdeveloped body hair and medium skin color. It mainly includes Southeast Asians in Southeast Asia, East Asians in the East, and Indians in North and South America.

African race

Also known as black. The main feature is that black hair is small and curly, which is generally divided into South Africa and North Africa. The former is distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with a short nose, usually a round skull and a relatively dark skin color. The latter is distributed in the north of sub-Saharan Africa, with a high nose, thin lips and dark overall skin color.

Caucasian race

Also known as white. Mainly manifested as wavy and soft hair, there are five main colors: white, gold, red, brown and black. The cheekbones are not obvious, the nose is high and the lips are thin. Generally, the skull is long and the skin color is light. Caucasians mainly originated from the aborigines in North Africa after albinism, and then spread to North Africa, West Asia, Central Asia, South Asia and Europe, and gradually spread to the whole of Oceania, South America and North America from the16th century.

Oceania race

Also known as brown people. The main manifestations are small wavy black hair, high nose and thin lips, usually long skull type and medium skin color. Mainly distributed in the islands of Oceania in the Far East, as well as Australia and New Zealand.

For example, the Maori in the North Island of New Zealand. Ordinary clothes are woven from straw, while stone carvings are generally used for decoration around buildings. Island civilization is remarkable, mainly inheriting the Indian civilization belonging to ancient America.

According to the information on the gene bank website, Hurlesetal's paper. In 2002 and Ghana. In 2006, it showed that Y-Q 13A existed in Polynesia, including the eastern islands, indicating that American Indians migrated to this area! This also ended the centuries-old debate about the mystery of the origin of Oceania ethnic groups.

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