Discover the Batwa people of Uganda, known to be direct descendants of the first humans. After living peacefully isolated in ...

This kicks off a one month adventure in Africa! This week we're starting the adventure in Cameroon where we'll be visiting several tribes like the Baka Pygmies and the Mbororo Tribe.

Livia Simoka travels to the remote jungles of the Republic of the Congo to spend five months living with the isolated pygmy tribe the Mbendjele.

Describes the culture and history of the Efe, a pygmy tribe living in the rain forests of equatorial Africa, and explains how their environment and way of life are threatened by the encroachment of ...

Why the Pygmies of West Africa have such short stature, while neighboring groups don't, has been somewhat of a mystery. Now new research suggests unique changes in the Pygmy's genome have both led to ...