The term pygmy, as used to refer to diminutive people, comes via Latin pygmaeus from Greek πυγμαῖος pygmaîos, derived from … 展开

Southeast Asia
Negritos in Southeast Asia (including the Batak and Aeta of the Philippines, the Andamanese of the Andaman Islands, and the 展开

• Bwiti
• Koro-pok-guru, small people in Ainu folklore
• Ota Benga, man taken as slave and zoo exhibit to the U.S.
• Vazimba, possible first inhabitants of Madagascar 展开

Various theories have been proposed to explain the short stature of pygmies. Some studies suggest that it could be related to adaptation to low ultraviolet light levels in rainforests. … 展开

African Pygmies live in several ethnic groups in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo … 展开

The extinct archaic human species Homo luzonensis has been classified as a pygmy group. The remains used to identify Homo luzonensis were discovered in Luzon, the Philippines, in 2007, and were designated as a species in 2019. Homo floresiensis, another archaic human … 展开

• African Pygmies: Hunter-Gatherer Peoples of Central Africa
• The Pygmies' Plight, Smithsonian Magazine, December 2008 by Paul Raffaele
• Survival International: Pygmies 展开