Deep in the rainforests of central Africa lives one of the world's most mysterious tribes. Known as the Baka people, the tribe are unique in appearance due to their diminutive size. Accomplished ...

Not all African people of short stature — often referred to as Pygmies — grow alike, a new study finds. The Baka people of West Africa are born at typical sizes but grow much more slowly during their ...

JUST back from the hunt with a choice selection of plants, Ebona feels at home in the endless forest where many Gabonese fear to tread. “Townsfolk paid me to find these leaves,” the Pygmy says, ...

West Africa Baka pygmies have a different growth pattern to pygmy populations in East Africa, showing convergent evolution and the hugely adaptive nature of mankind. Scientists have found Baka pygmies ...

While indigenous people from central African countries attended a meeting in Cameroon to promote their respective traditions, languages and cultures, Yaounde is taking measures to bring formal ...

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Deep in the Dja Faunal Reserve in southeast Cameroon, Baka Pygmies endeavor to live as they have always done: off the forest and firmly within it. Anthropologists estimate the Baka hunter-gatherer ...

Not all African people of short stature — often referred to as Pygmies — grow alike, a new study finds. The Baka people of West Africa are born at typical sizes but grow much more slowly during their ...