Comments on Pygmies

    In a recent expirement scientists found that the high mortality rates of pygmy groups (16-24) may be linked to a need to reproduce earlier. They said that they have an equal growth rate to other groups that reach a higher average height. They just stop growing before the other group, but they reproduce earlier. The pygmy group first reproduction occured on average between the age of 15-16, while the other group had an average 24-26 years of age.

     This proves short-term evolutionary theories (adaptation). It shows how much we can adapt to meet our circumstances, and our ability to survive anywhere.

By Matt Thorn