Congoid was used instead of Negroid by controversial anthropologist Carleton Coon in some versions of his classification of humanity into five races, the other four being Mongoloid, Caucasoid, Australoid, and Capoid. The word, derived from Congo, emphasizes a narrow definition of the race, including only peoples originating from parts of West Africa and Central Africa, and their descendants including Bantu peoples who now occupy much of East Africa and Southern Africa. Skull of the classic Negroid phenotype Negroid is one of the major races of humans that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa and it includes the Nilotes of East Africa, and the true Negros of West Africa who are the ancestors of most of the Negroids in the Americas and... Carleton Stevens Coon, (23 June 1904 — 6 June 1981) was an eminent American anthropologist. ... Human beings are defined variously in biological, spiritual, and cultural terms, or in combinations thereof. ... A portrait of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan Taiwanese aborigine dancer. ... Typical Caucasoid Skull Caucasoid describes the racial classification (or typology) of humans from Western Eurasia and North Africa and from South Asia. ... Australoid describes a major race of humans primarily from Australia but also prersent in New Guinea and Melanesia. ... Main article: Khoisan One of the five macro-racial groups often recognized by physical anthropologists (along with Negroids, Australoids, Caucasoids and Mongoloids). ... West Africa is the region of western Africa that, most strictly speaking, includes the countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte dIvoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. ... Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (dull yellow) vs. ... East Africa is a region generally considered to include: Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Somalia Tanzania Uganda Burundi, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Sudan are sometimes considered a part of East Africa. ... Categories: Africa geography stubs | Southern Africa ...

Congoid is, by some, considered a historical term and offensive in current use, to an even greater degree than the other "-oid" racial terms.