Unlike the Negritos of the region, the Pygmies were only 4½ feet tall and were light brown, almost “blond” in complexion. It was just the sort of tale to send Danish-born Dr. Ellinger ...

The world’s smallest monkey is called the pygmy marmoset, and it is, predictably, very tiny, just a little scoop of fur. It likes to eat the sticky resin found in tree bark, known as gum ...