THE difference between savages and civilized men is not so marked as is the likeness between them. I propose to consider a race of men possessing characteristics which seem to make them an exception ...

From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...

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 to ...

KINSHASA, Congo -- Yongela Bongo hid the secret from her husband for the seven years they were married. But when he finally discovered the truth, he kicked her out on the street -- keeping their six ...

In the Iliad, Homer invoked mythical warfare between Pygmies and a flock of cranes to describe the intensity of a charge by the Trojan army. In the fifth century B.C., the Greek historian Herodotus ...

(Zenger News) – A Congolese Pygmy hunter–gatherer tribe has seen its members succumb to alcoholism as logging companies and conservation groups abuse and coerce them into relinquishing their ...

Livia Simoka travels to the remote jungles of the Republic of the Congo to spend five months living with the isolated pygmy tribe the Mbendjele. Advertisement ...

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, May 21 (UNHCR) - Among the tens of thousands of displaced Congolese people living in camps in North Kivu province, the Pygmies are particularly vulnerable and ...