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African Pygmies, A. de Quatrefages, _The Pygmies_ (Eng. tr.,
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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An interesting fact in connection with these ancient human remains is that most of them indicate a small race, with narrow skulls and prognathous jaws, recalling the Pygmies in general structure.
Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Charles Morris 1877
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Magnus supposed that the Pygmies were the monkeys, which are so numerous in the interior of Africa, and which were taken for human beings of diminutive stature.
The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII 43 BC-18? Ovid 1847
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The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word which means the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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The Pygmies were a nation of dwarfs, so called from a Greek word which means the cubit or measure of about thirteen inches, which was said to be the height of these people.
The Age of Fable Thomas Bulfinch 1831
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The investigators focused on three populations that presented a good sample of the geographic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan Africa - Mandenka farmers in western Africa, Biaka Pygmies in west-central Africa, and San Bushmen of southern Africa - looking for unusual patterns that suggested ancient interbreeding with other lineages.
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The investigators focused on three populations that presented a good sample of the geographic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan Africa - Mandenka farmers in western Africa, Biaka Pygmies in west-central Africa, and San Bushmen of southern Africa - looking for unusual patterns that suggested ancient interbreeding with other lineages.
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Imagine a similar argument using the Central African Bambuti, a black tribe more commonly known as Pygmies.
BBC News - Home 2011
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The investigators focused on three populations that presented a good sample of the geographic and cultural diversity of sub-Saharan Africa - Mandenka farmers in western Africa, Biaka Pygmies in west-central Africa, and San Bushmen of southern Africa - looking for unusual patterns that suggested ancient interbreeding with other lineages.
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'Pygmies' are scheduled to meet with bank President Robert Zoellick, according to the Rainforest Foundation, a lobby group that sponsored the trip.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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