Why the Pygmies of West Africa have such short stature, while neighboring groups don't, has been somewhat of a mystery. Now new research suggests unique changes in the Pygmy's genome have both led ...

The birth weight of the pygmies is said to be relatively normal, with a mean of 2607 gm as compared with a mean of 2925 gm in the Bantu. 6 Their mean heights are 153.6 ± 0.61 cm in the males and ...

Pygmy representatives have asked the United Nations to set up a court to try government and rebel fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo for acts of cannibalism against their people. Sinafasi ...

Acres of Central African rainforests that indigenous Pygmy people have called home for 5,000 years are rapidly disappearing due to logging and mining. Integration efforts aimed at settling down ...