Meet the African Pygmies. The shortest set of human beings.

Meet the African Pygmies | Shortest People in the world?
The term “Pygmy” describes those tribes where the average height of adult males is 5’1” or less. They are scattered across 14 countries in Africa, but most of the 120,000 Pygmies live in six Central African countries. They are assumed to be descended from the original Middle Stone Age expansion.
Though without archeological support, there are various theories that have been proposed to explain the short stature of pygmies, and we will get to find out in this video.
The African Pygmies or Congo Pygmies, are a group of ethnicities native to Central Africa, mostly the Congo Basin, traditionally surviving on a forager and hunter-gatherer lifestyle.
Researchers have traditionally defined pygmies as populations with an average adult male height of no more than 155 centimeters, or about 5 feet, 1 inch.
The forested lands of Middle and West Africa are home to Pygmies. Despite thousands of years having passed, Pygmies attract the attention of the world with the primitive lifestyle that they have preserved since the "first age”. They were given the name "Pygmy" by the Europeans which means "dwarf".
Pygmy men are approximately 10 centimeters longer than their women and they all have curly hair and fuzzy bodies, some having broad chins, flat noses and large eyes.
There is not any solid information about the origin of Pygmies, but they have lived in the region for approximately 5,000 years and are said to be one of the oldest inhabitants of Africa.
Various theories have been proposed to explain the short stature of pygmies. Some studies suggest that their short nature could be related to adaptation to low ultraviolet light levels in rainforests. This might mean that relatively little vitamin D can be made in their skin, thereby limiting calcium uptake from their diet for bone growth and maintenance, and leading to the evolution of their small skeletal size.
Other explanations include lack of food in the rainforest environment, low calcium levels in the soil, the dense nature of the jungle, and adaptation to heat and humidity.
It is assumed that today there are about 120,000 Pygmies in the world. Most of them live in a forested area, close to the Atlantic Ocean, in Congo and Cameroon. Smaller Pygmy groups are found also in Rwanda, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Zambia, Gabon and Angola.
Pygmies in Cameroon and Congo are separated into two groups, Baka and Bage Pygmies. Baka Pygmies spend their life in the undiscoverable parts of the forests out of the public gaze, while Bage Pygmies live together with the Bantu people, who consist one of the largest tribes in Cameroon and live in areas near forestlands. The Pygmies which are more interested in living the settled life are Bage Pygmies.
Living in small groups, Pygmies construct temporary cottages to live in by using bamboo trunks and large leaves they gathered from other trees. Pygmies, who do not like connecting with outsiders and being photographed, lead a different life from the settled people of the Africa continent.
Still living a primitive life, Pygmies spend most of their time hunting in the deep forests and gathering fruit plants. Not using any form of money, Pygmies interchange products they hunted and gathered with other groups in return for their needs. By organizing various contests, they teach their children hunting and gathering. The Pygmy people follow the job-sharing method to meet their daily needs. Women keep busy with fishing and construction of their cottages, while men go hunting.
Recently, the Cameroon government initiated social integration programs to make Pygmies adopt to settled life. Under the context of the programs, Pygmies are given education in various areas such as agriculture, apiculture and animal breeding.
Although they have been accepted as citizens of the countries they live in over time, they still cannot benefit from many social services like health care.
It is sad that their living spaces are narrowing down day by day, as they are being pushed far inside the forest because of national parks establishment.
The Pygmies are interesting set of people. Generally, they're peaceful and welcoming.

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Shortest people, this interesting. I like the use of their primitive structure and innovation for survival.

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Yeah its quite interesting cos it gives you an idea of how life was in the early days, and how early the human race has evolved over time.