The investigators of Kerala tribes put up the different opinions about their ancestors. The nature of Negroid and Astraloid are met in their structure..Kadar, Paniyar, Kanikkar, Malampandarangal. Muthuvanmar, Ullatanmar,Ooralikal etc. are grouped under Negroid and Irular, Kurichiyar, Karimbalan, Malayarar, Malavedanmar etc. are grouped under Astrloid. They are considered as the representatives of the medieval metal age, the people who used bows and arrows especially for their livelihood.
P.K. Gopalakrishnan, a popular personality in this field expresses his view that the Kerala tribes are the mixed race of Proto astraloid and Dravidians and Mediterraneans came later. Mingling with the new races the culture also developed and the unique civilization of Kerala tribes was come into existence. During the feudalistic period, the people who were accused of culprits, forced to be exiled and the victims of excommunication became the part of the tribes lived in the forest areas.
C.K.Sreedharan & Associates
