Despite their diversity, pygmies of Western Central Africa share recent common ancestors

Despite the great cultural, physical, and genetic diversity found amongst the numerous West Central African human populations that are collectively designated as "Pygmies," a report published online on February 5th in Current Biology finds that they diverged from a single ancestral population just about 2,800 years ago.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news153059316.html">Despite their diversity, pygmies of Western Central Africa share recent common ancestors</a></p> <p>Despite the great cultural, physical, and genetic diversity found amongst the numerous West Central African human populations that are collectively designated as "Pygmies," a report published online on February 5th in <i>Current Biology</i> finds that they diverged from a single ancestral population just about 2,800 years ago. </p>