Research Highlights

摘要

'Pygmy' is a blanket term for many Central African populations that have an average male height of 150 centimetres or less. Whether these groups share a common evolutionary divergence from other humans has been long-debated. But by comparing 28 genomic regions in 604 people - among them individuals from 9 Pygmy groups - Paul Verdu at the CNRS in Paris and his colleagues have confirmed the single-origin theory, and added to a part of recent human history.