The Aka Pygmies living in the south-west region of the Central African Republic have developed a distinctive vocal musical tradition, which involves a complex type of contrapuntal polyphony based on ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

but analogous to one of the pygmy peoples, which extend, with intermissions, from West Africa to New Guinea; but these peoples are a highly specialised rather than a primitive type and their ...

The Lesson of the Pygmies It has long been assumed that these inhabitants of the African rain forest had adapted to a kind of serfdom in villages. The discovery that they have not has implications ...

This circa 1915 photo from the American Museum journal shows a group of Pygmy men from Nala (Haut-Uele, northeastern Congo) posing with bows and arrows. (American Museum of Natural History via ...

Anuket, a pygmy hippo born on February 9, debuted at Montgomery Zoo, highlighting the zoo's conservation efforts.

Anuket is described as full of energy, feisty, yet full of love, with “a particular fondness for watermelon.” Pygmy hippos, ...

The authors propose the common name Sodwana Pygmy Pipehorse for their new discovery ... Mouth and identified in a collection at the South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB).

Despite their small size, pygmies can give 1 or 2 quarts of milk per day. As an African dairy goat breed, their milk production is valued not only for quantity but also for quality. Their milk is ...

Pygmies are native to West Africa, and their average life expectancy is 27 years. Greta Cross is a national trending reporter ...