Pygmies in Western Central Africa may have evolved from a common ancestral group and, less than 3,000 years ago, split into the diverse array of populations seen today, according to a new genetic ...

The Pygmies' collective, semi-nomadic lifestyle could accelerate viral spread, Amolet said. "People continue to share cigarettes and coffee and there are five or 10 people per hut," he said.

The stature of pygmies has intrigued Westerners since their first encounter with them in 1865. This population is in fact made up of several ethnic groups, which belong to two main clusters.

There are an estimated 500,000 Pygmies in the Congo who live in squalor with few benefits of the modern world. Wren's heart went out to them immediately, and he knew that somehow, some way, he ...

The encroaching farmers must have driven the Pygmies out of open savannas suitable for farming, leaving them in fragmented groups in whatever forest the farmers had not yet felled.Despite this long ...

About 2 500 pygmies emerged from their forest homes in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday to demand equal rights in the vast Central African nation. ''We also exist, the pygmies ...

The Pygmies use music — and positive energy — to help accomplish tasks and overcome problems, Fernando says. "There's music for each of the daily activities: hunting, fishing, gathering ...

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 ...

If Pygmies sign away their rights for soap and salt, the government may not be able to protect them, even if it wants to. Past governments have shown little inclination to help the Pygmies.