Is Australoid a race?

Australo-Melanesians (also known as Australasians or the Australomelanesoid, Australoid or Australioid race) is an outdated historical grouping of various people indigenous to Melanesia and Australia. Groups that were controversially included are found in parts of Southeast Asia, and South Asia.

Is Australoid same as Negroid?

Where living men are observed, the Negroid has characteristically wooly black hair on his head and sparse body hair, whereas the Australoid has curly, wavy, or straight hair on his head which exhibits various shades of dark brown and, in some groups, abundant body hair.