| 单词 | Pygmy |
| 例句 | Instead, this evidence suggested that Pygmies had once been widespread in the rain forest of Central Africa, while Khoisan peoples had been widespread in drier parts of subequatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Among Africa’s five groups of people—blacks, whites, Pygmies, Khoisan, and Indonesians—only the Pygmies lack any distinct languages: each band of Pygmies speaks the same language as the neighboring group of black farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z However, Pygmies differ from blacks in their much smaller size, more reddish and less black skins, more extensive facial and body hair, and more prominent foreheads, eyes, and teeth. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But all those other languages must have disappeared—either because the people speaking them survived but lost their original language, like the Pygmies, or because the people themselves disappeared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Blacks were formerly confined to Africa, Pygmies and Khoisan still live only there, while many more whites and Asians live outside Africa than in it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Like blacks, Pygmies have dark skins and tightly curled hair. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There would be authentic villages from far-off lands inhabited by authentic villagers—even Pygmies, if Lieutenant Schufeldt succeeded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Instead, the mystery involves blacks, Pygmies, and Khoisan, whose distributions hint at past population upheavals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “A Pygmy Puff, but I didn’t say where.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z However, today those languages are gone, and we already saw from Figure 19.1 that the Pygmies’ modern distribution is highly fragmented. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The failure of the Khoisan and Pygmies to develop agriculture was due not to any inadequacy of theirs as farmers but merely to the accident that southern Africa’s wild plants were mostly unsuitable for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z As they spread into the Congo Basin’s equatorial forest zone, cleared gardens, and increased in numbers, they began to engulf the Pygmy hunter-gatherers and compress them into the forest itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Momentarily stymied, Harry watched Ginny Weasley playing with Arnold the Pygmy Puff for a while before seeing a way around this objection. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Sad news arrived from Zanzibar: There would be no Pygmies. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He told us there’s little tiny Pygmy people down there too but we never saw any. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Originally, of course, people as distinctive as the Pygmies, living in a place as distinctive as the equatorial African rain forest, were surely isolated enough to develop their own language family. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, the next two groups, the Pygmies and Khoisan, include hunter-gatherers without crops or livestock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When did the Bantu reach the former Pygmy and Khoisan homelands? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Trading and marriage relationships were undoubtedly established between those Khoisan and the Bantu farmers, each occupying different adjacent habitats, just as Pygmy hunter-gatherers and Bantu farmers still do today in equatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z This already gives us a hint why speakers of Niger-Congo languages, stemming from north of the equator, were able to displace Africa’s equatorial Pygmies and subequatorial Khoisan people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In the case of the Pygmies, the answer is “not yet,” merely because archaeologists have yet to discover ancient human skeletons from the Central African forests. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z On July 20 he telegraphed Exposition President William Baker that he was confident he could acquire as many Pygmies from the Congo as he wished, provided the king of Belgium consented. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Only the further evidence that I’ll now present can help us answer two more questions: What advantages enabled the Bantu to displace the Pygmies and Khoisan? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley moved aside to look at the Pygmy Puffs, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione momentarily had an unimpeded view out of the window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I dumped him, he was a bad loser,” said Ginny, putting a finger through the bars of the cage and watching the Pygmy Puffs crowd around it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Sometimes in the dawn light I also saw families of Pygmies moving among the shadows, wearing nothing but necklaces of feathers and animal teeth, and on rainy days, hats made of leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z However, if one compares a given language as spoken by Pygmies with the same language as spoken by blacks, the Pygmy version seems to contain some unique words with distinctive sounds. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z We had already deduced, from Khoisan language distributions and the lack of distinct Pygmy languages, that Pygmies and Khoisan peoples had formerly ranged more widely, until they were engulfed by blacks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Essentially the same processes accounted for the replacement of Aboriginal Australian languages by English, and of subequatorial Africa’s original Pygmy and Khoisan languages by Bantu languages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mum, can I have a Pygmy Puff?” said Ginny at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It would have been disturbing to see the skeleton of a slain Pygmy in a museum, but finding him in a shop, for sale, raised certain questions, uncomfortable ones like: how much is he? Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z The Aka, also known as Pygmies, enjoy weed because of what it does to their heads, not their intestines. Why the world’s remaining hunter-gatherer societies are some of its biggest pot smokers 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z The taxidermist invited me to guess again, but before I could he blurted: "It's a Pygmy!" Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z Then she lit out from Depression-era New York and trekked across Africa in the company of a baboon, a Pygmy guide, and a four-year-old orphan. Getting to the Bottom of a Mickey Hahn Mystery 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z The family also hunts together, stalking moose on horseback in the Canadian Rockies, or the elusive Bongo, a species of antelope, on journeys down the Congo River with Pygmy guides. Stefano Ricci, Clothier to the 0.001 Percent 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Other works include Choke, Pygmy, and Snuff, whose edgy content has had serious consequences in Turkey, where his publisher, Ayrıntı Publishing House, is currently awaiting trial for bringing it out. Fight Club sequel on way as graphic novel, Chuck Palahniuk reveals 2013-07-24T10:49:00Z “RainForest,” he said, was partly inspired by “The Forest People,” the anthropologist Colin Turnbull’s account of his time living among a tribe of African Pygmies. Dance Review: Jungle Gymnasts on a Farewell Tour 2011-07-11T22:45:25Z A missive to his fiancée’s father brims with reverent descriptions of the Sistine Chapel and a preview of his next big painting, of Hercules and the Pygmies. Art Review: ?Ingres at the Morgan,? Drawings and Letters - Review 2011-09-08T22:20:27Z Seemingly apropos of nothing, Lomax remarked “Pygmies are a baseline culture.” Books of The Times: He Heard America Singing 2011-01-30T17:14:05Z "They say he has a Pygmy," I could imagine my new neighbours whispering as I walked down the street. Getting stuffed: a tale of love and taxidermy 2013-04-13T20:31:46Z She was particularly moved, she added, by the bust of Ota Benga, a Congolese man who was displayed for a time in the Bronx Zoo under the label “African Pygmy”; he committed suicide in 1916. ‘Races of Mankind’ Sculptures, Long Exiled, Return to Display at Chicago’s Field Museum 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Pygmy lorises were already listed as endangered, and the species split reveals a greater threat to each individual population. Cute and Ugly Pygmy Lorises Are Actually Two Different Species 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z “Pygmy possums are tiny creatures — you could fit a whole family of them on your hand.” With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z The music of the Central African Pygmy people, he points out, “can involve eighteen separate interlocking parts.” Review | Centuries of innovations in Western music, presented at a fast tempo 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z That makes wistful pessimism about the human condition seem like common sense: Yes, living in a truly egalitarian society might be possible if you’re a Pygmy or a Kalahari Bushman. Opinion | Ancient History Shows How We Can Create a More Equal World 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z In the Congo Basin, for example, armed eco-guards have brutally evicted Indigenous Pygmies from the rain forest to carve out protected areas. Biodiversity’s Greatest Protectors Need Protection 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Only the Pygmy three-toed sloth, the bradypus pygmaeus species that lives in Panama, is critically endangered, according to the U.N. agency. Venezuelan couple nurses injured sloths back to health at home shelter 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Pygmy possums would be unlikely to share their box with the spiders; in 2019, a huntsman, which can be six inches from leg to leg, reportedly ate a pygmy possum in Tasmania. With Housing Limited, a Gecko and a Possum Family Became Roommates 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z A charismatic man in his 30s, he was one of a group of about 40 Pygmies camped there. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Today, Fight for the Forgotten has raised over a million dollars, funding 62 clean water wells and the purchase of 3,015 acres of land for dozens of displaced Pygmy tribes in multiple countries. An MMA fighter stood up for a bullied Oklahoma boy. Then the stars aligned 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, chimpanzee, gorilla and elephant populations have continued to decline even as Pygmy peoples have been consigned to poverty and misery. Biodiversity’s Greatest Protectors Need Protection 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Pygmy killer whales are dolphins that are often confused with false killer whales and melon-headed whales. 2 dolphins euthanized after stranding on Hawaii beach 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z Once called “Pygmies” by outsiders, African rainforest hunter-gatherers live in densely forested environments across central Africa. ‘Stature gene’ may reveal why these hunter-gatherers are among the world’s smallest humans 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Because Pygmies left hardly a trace of their presence, the authorities and scientists from the WCS claimed that the area was uninhabited. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Here, the conflict escalated sharply at the beginning of the year, after candidates in national elections encouraged the autochthon – popularly known as the Pygmies – to return to the forest. Gorillas, charcoal and the fight for survival in Congo's rainforest | Peter Beaumont 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z “A conservation patrol which was pursuing two poachers was ambushed on Wednesday by Pygmies armed with machetes and bows and arrows,” park spokesman Hubert Mulongoy said. Clash with Pygmies near DRC gorilla sanctuary leaves one dead, 14 injured 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Pygmy sperm whales are usually found in the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Injured pygmy sperm whale euthanized on Florida beach 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Pygmy rattlers are common in the southeastern United States. Girl bitten by pygmy rattlesnake recovering in hospital 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z But the sapele was crucial to the Pygmy way of life. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “The issue of the Pygmies returning to the park emerged as a serious issue in September during the election campaign,” he says. Gorillas, charcoal and the fight for survival in Congo's rainforest | Peter Beaumont 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z In April, a warden was killed in a clash, the park said, denying that this episode was associated with the death of a Pygmy the previous day. Clash with Pygmies near DRC gorilla sanctuary leaves one dead, 14 injured 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z The Decatur Daily reports the contract is with the nonprofit Reach and Teach, which was started by a Colbert County teacher and Cameron Flener, the lead singer of The Velcro Pygmies rock band. Alabama students to stage rock shows for learning 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z He cites the example of the Pygmy Hog Conservation Project in Assam, India, where captive-bred hogs are released into a large enclosure containing plants found in their wild environment. Tiny frog takes giant leap for the world's endangered species 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z In my estimation, the company was likely to continue felling trees with or without the FSC label—which offered a rare and valuable opportunity to protect the rights and resources of the Pygmies. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z “That’s been the positive side of our work. The negative side is poaching, the continued presence of militias in some places and the recent problem of Pygmies entering the park to cut the trees.” Gorillas, charcoal and the fight for survival in Congo's rainforest | Peter Beaumont 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z The park wardens are chiefly recruited among former soldiers and police and include a number of Pygmies. Clash with Pygmies near DRC gorilla sanctuary leaves one dead, 14 injured 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Monday’s vaccinations included three doctors at Bikoro Hospital, two health experts, two nurses, one representative of women in the community and one Pygmy representative, he said. Ebola vaccinations of health workers begin in northwestern Congo town 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z He learned about a Pygmy tribe that passes around babies between different community members all day long so that children develop multiple relationships early. How Harvey Karp Turned Baby Sleep Into Big Business 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z Still, the resources the Pygmies marked were largely protected. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z In November, he turned in a Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake, prompting a search warrant. Snake vlogger faces new set of scales over animal cruelty 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Pygmy hippos are listed as endangered, with fewer than 3,000 remaining in the wild. ‘I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas’ wish granted, again 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Pygmy hippos are listed as endangered with fewer than 3,000 in the wild. Singer of novelty song welcomes hippopotamus to Oklahoma 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Pygmy sperm whales are small members of the toothed whale group that usually weigh between 700 and 1,000 pounds and measure up to about 11 feet in length, according to the NOAA. Couple who found beached whale thought they saved its life 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z But in the experience of Pygmies, elephants, leopards, gorillas and chimpanzees were common in their forest—and their present-day scarcity stems directly from outsiders' presence. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z Pygmy sperm whales are so-named due to their similar appearance to the larger mammals. Pygymy sperm whale rescued from beach dies 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Saturday: Soup Swap at St. Stephen and the Incarnation is Positive Force D.C.'s annual benefit show and soup potluck, featuring performances by Governess, Pygmy Lush and Trophy Wife. 11 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of Feb. 10-12 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z TUE Seward Park Audubon Center hosts Paul Bannick to share images and stories from his book on the lives of Northern Pygmy, Burrowing, Great Gay and Snowy owls, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z The songs include a Peruvian wedding song, a Pygmy girls’ initiation song, a movement from one of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, and “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry. Music for Aliens: Campaign Aims to Reissue Carl Sagan’s Golden Record 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In accordance with the belief that nature thrives if left untouched by humans, which originates in 19th-century U.S. policy, regional governments banned Pygmy groups from the wildlife reserves. How Sustainable Development Ravaged the Congo Basin 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z A study which compared the different heights of Victorian youths, based on their class and their income - On British Pygmies and Giants - makes particularly shocking reading. How to eat like a Victorian - BBC News 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Pygmy marmosets are the world’s smallest monkeys, weighing less than 5 ounces. The Dark Side of Trendy Animal Photos 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Pygmies are believed to be Africa’s oldest human population. Deforestation Threatens Pygmies, Study Finds 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Pygmy hippos are native to western Africa swamps and rain forests. Pygmy hippopotamus calf now on display at Omaha zoo 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Either the guy’s kid’s a Pygmy or he’s a liar.” Anything goes with Las Vegas street performers -- and that's the problem 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The slave masters called the Pygmies their “animals.” Justin Wren, the MMA fighter who found redemption among the Pygmies 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z Sandwiched between their visits, Penn & Teller came to Broadway and made an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant vanish. Broadway season features Jennifer Hudson and Bruce Willis 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Pygmies are often exploited or even enslaved by other groups. Deforestation Threatens Pygmies, Study Finds 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The name Pygmy describes rainforest hunter-gatherer populations around the globe that share heights of less than around five feet tall. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The show’s tent poles have the pair pulling a rabbit out of a hat, sawing a woman in half and making what they call an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant vanish. Review: Penn & Teller show plenty up their sleeves 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z He’s pledged to help the Pygmies for the rest of his life. Justin Wren, the MMA fighter who found redemption among the Pygmies 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z “We vanish an African Spotted Pygmy Elephant,” says Penn, wearing a devilish smile. Penn & Teller aim to work their brand of magic on Broadway 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z With more genetic research into modern peoples, such as Tibetans in Asia, Pygmies in Africa, and Natives in the Americas, the significance of ancient and modern DNA studies is reverberating around the planet. Review: 'First Peoples' Series Chronicles Origins And Spread Of Modern Humans 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z “There are just so few studies of this kind on Pygmies,” says University of Pennsylvania professor Sarah Tishkoff. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z “I make but a single plea,” McGee wrote, “get the Pygmies.” The man who was caged in a zoo | Pamela Newkirk 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z The oldest people group in the Congo, the Pygmies were denied medical care and other basic needs, as they were not recognized as citizens. Justin Wren, the MMA fighter who found redemption among the Pygmies 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z All the volunteers listened to musical clips from the movies Psycho, Star Wars and Schindler’s List, and to music from Pygmy culture. Music’s Physiological Effects Transcend Culture 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z Researchers asked 40 Mbenzele Pygmies in the Congolese rainforest to listen to short clips of music. Music Resonates Across Cultures, Study Suggests 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z The Baka are a group of African Pygmies who live as hunter gatherers in Cameroon, in West Africa. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Pygmy hippos look like their more recognized counterparts, the Hippopotamus amphibius, but pygmies only grow to be about half as big. Rare Pygmy Hippo Born in Swedish Zoo Saturday, then saw the Pygmy sperm whale wash ashore. Whale euthanized after shark attack on Hilton Head 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z The word Pygmy refers to a number of ethnic groups. An unintentional slight toward pygmies The Montreal participants felt a wider range of emotions as they listened to the Western music than the Pygmies expressed when listening to either their own or Western music. Music Resonates Across Cultures, Study Suggests 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z People with small body sizes, known as Pygmies, begin life at a typical size but grow slowly in early childhood, a new study shows. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Today, he runs Port Townsend’s Pygmy Boats, a leader in the construction of kits for wooden kayaks, canoes and rowboats. Lack of health-insurance options frustrates small businesses 2013-12-15T04:10:44Z In another experiment, Pygmy chimpanzees in San Diego Zoo were given hand-bells, and gave every sign of enjoying the opportunity to experiment with sound. Can animals make real music? 2013-11-13T01:45:38Z He was happiest at the railroad shops, the smell of grease rising from a huge disabled locomotive, mechanics around it like Pygmies around an elephant. Thomas McGuane: “Weight Watchers.” 2013-10-28T04:00:00Z "Negative emotions are felt to disturb the harmony of the forest in Pygmy culture and are therefore dangerous," Nathalie Fernando, of the University of Montreal's faculty of music, said in the news release. Music Resonates Across Cultures, Study Suggests 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z Less clear, though, is the question of how diminutive body size evolved, and whether it did so independently in different African Pygmy groups. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z "The forest is where we find what we need to survive," said Matope Mapilanga, the leader of a Pygmy community on the edge of the reserve. Gold and poaching bring murder and misery to Congolese wildlife reserve 2013-03-31T14:30:01Z The largest of these, the Columbian mammoth, dwelled in savannas and grasslands like African elephants today, and the smallest—Pygmy Mammoths—lived on the isolated Channel Islands off the California coast. Cloning woolly mammoths: it's the ecology, stupid 2013-03-18T16:15:31.110Z As I wrote this week in Slate with my piece “Ayn Rand vs. the Pygmies,” the Russian-born author believed that rational selfishness was the ultimate expression of human nature. Ayn Rand on Human Nature 2012-10-05T13:15:08.527Z We’re going to look at the Pygmies and other groups with a systems approach. Out of Africa: Startling New Genetics of Human Origins 2012-07-26T22:45:23.583Z This contradicts the reigning theory—at least for this population—that Pygmy people are short-statured because they lack a growth spurt during puberty. We May Have Been Wrong About How African Pygmies Grow 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z The team also found a new clue as to why Pygmies are so short. Genetic Code Tells Hunter-Gatherer Tales 2012-07-26T18:25:37Z The study was the most incisive to date looking at the genetics of height in Pygmies. Why Pygmies Are Short: New Evidence Surprises 2012-04-27T12:45:00.853Z Author of "The Realm of the Wizard King," "The Fire Gods," "In the Power of the Pygmies," etc. Treasure of Kings Being the Story of the Discovery of the \\"Big Fish,\\" or the Quest of the Greater Treasure of the Incas of Peru. 2012-04-09T02:00:30.007Z In the Pygmies, we found genes involved with thermal regulation, immunity and stature, all likely to be adaptive to a tropical environment. Out of Africa: Startling New Genetics of Human Origins 2012-07-26T22:45:23.583Z To guard against these constant inroads, the Pygmies finally accepted the services of Antæus, a giant son of Gæa, who generously offered to defend them against all their enemies. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z The findings hint at new disease threats, the beginnings of agriculture, the reason for Pygmies' short stature, and intermarriage with an unknown species. Genetic Code Tells Hunter-Gatherer Tales 2012-07-26T18:25:37Z The researchers scanned the genomes of 67 Pygmies and 58 Bantus for genetic markers, called single nucleotide polymorphisms, throughout the genome. Why Pygmies Are Short: New Evidence Surprises 2012-04-27T12:45:00.853Z Outside town, in any direction, are hundreds of miles of forest, home to nomads, Pygmies and hippos. Cover Story: Hunting Joseph #Kony 2012-03-19T22:05:36Z We wanted to understand genetic basis of adaptation to their local environment including, for instance the short stature trait in Pygmies. Out of Africa: Startling New Genetics of Human Origins 2012-07-26T22:45:23.583Z Now that the gigantic defender of the Pygmies no longer blocked his way, Hercules traveled onward in search of Atlas, whom he finally found supporting the heavens on his broad shoulders. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z We also painted murals and printed posters depicting wildlife and the importance of conservation, placed conservation bumper stickers on public transportation vehicles, and created a Pygmy Hippo Awareness Day with t-shirts and contests. Conflicts and Cooperation in Conservation: Adventures in Researching the Pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island, Sierra Leone 2012-02-01T16:15:06.140Z But none of the hundreds of other height-related genes found in other groups were present in the Pygmy genetic analyses. Why Pygmies Are Short: New Evidence Surprises 2012-04-27T12:45:00.853Z He lamented that he had lived long enough “to see Pygmies stride like colossuses” in the august chamber. Rick Santorum, Known for His Fighting Nature, Strikes a Calmer Tone 2012-01-07T01:35:42Z Says the Pygmy Killer Whale When you're a little lost whale, noisy areas can be a real problem. The Year in Pictures 2011-12-22T19:11:37Z Pygmy mice are seemingly rare in the northern part of the range of this subspecies. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z His “American Museum” featured Pygmies, Aborigines, the Siamese twins Chang and Eng, Mexicans presented as “The Last Aztecs” and wild animals, some wilder than others. Wild Women Jostle Buffalo Bill in Paris Exhibition: Review 2011-12-07T00:23:07Z Tishkoff says that other studies will undoubtedly turn up genes tied to height in Pygmies and natural selection may still be found to play a direct role in giving rise to short stature. Why Pygmies Are Short: New Evidence Surprises 2012-04-27T12:45:00.853Z As Razib Khan writes, the ethnography of the research area is rather rich in documenting the dehumanization of Pygmies at the hands of their Bantu neighbors. Less Than Human? 2011-09-07T16:44:10Z He was so small that the nicknames of Stub, Pewee and Pygmy had all been applied to him, the last one sometimes shortened to Pyg much to Fred’s disgust. The Go Ahead Boys in the Island Camp 2011-04-27T02:00:26.377Z Pygmy mice were more widely distributed in the past than they are at present. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z During one of these naps a Pygmy climbed upon his shoulder and took a view around the horizon as from the summit of a hill. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z A great while ago, when the world was full of wonders, there lived an earth-born Giant named Ant�us, and a million or more of curious little earth-born people, who were called Pygmies. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z But don’t these results suggest that Pygmies are less than human?” Less Than Human? 2011-09-07T16:44:10Z No doubt the Pygmy Theory explains a good deal. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Pygmy mice are weaned when 17 to 24 days old. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z These last could not harm him at all, for as soon as he snored he blew out the hay and sent the Pygmies flying before the hurricane of his breath. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The most venerable and white-bearded Pygmy had never heard of a time, even in his greatest of grandfather's days, when the Giant was not their enormous friend. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Pygmy sloths are less than half the size of a normal and they only eat mangrove leaves - a low-nutirent diet that explains their diminutive stature. Weird and wonderful 2010-12-12T11:12:15Z In relation to the Pygmy Theory these recent finds are of the utmost significance. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z There the Southern Pygmy Mouse is uniformly larger, regardless of altitude. Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys 2011-12-15T03:00:11.933Z At last, looking narrowly at the ground, he espied the Pygmies at his feet. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z And, on their parts, the Pygmies loved Ant�us with as much affection as their tiny hearts could hold. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Symbio Wildlife Park, south of Sydney, said thieves broke into the park on Sunday night and stole a breeding pair of Cotton top Tamarins, their two babies, and four Pygmy marmosets. Australian zoo uses Facebook to find monkeys 2010-06-01T18:00:00Z Undoubtedly there may be much reason in this explanation, which gives some ethnological support to the Pygmy Theory. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z He is the co-creator of Pocket God which is centred around a tropical island peopled by characters called The Pygmies. iPad applications will cost more 2010-03-31T08:22:00Z And when the sun had dried them they were just as snug and comfortable as a Pygmy could desire. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In short, as I said before, Ant�us loved the Pygmies, and the Pygmies loved Ant�us. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Pygmy sperm whales apparently feed primarily on squid, but do take fish as well. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Since the Pygmy Theory thus fails entirely to provide a basis for what is by far the most important part of the Fairy-Faith, a more adequate theory is required. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Ordnance of all calibres; throats of all capacities; men of all plans, every man his own engineer; seldom since the war of Pygmies and Cranes was there seen so anomalous a thing. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII It took a far-sighted Pygmy to see the top of his head on a cloudy day. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In those histories, perhaps, it stands recorded, that, a great many centuries ago, the valiant Pygmies avenged the death of the Giant Ant�us by scaring away the mighty Hercules. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Pygmy killer whales can be distinguished from many-toothed blackfish on the basis of the second species' larger number of teeth. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification As in the case of the Pygmy Theory, we maintain that the Druid Theory, also, is inadequate. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z Had the good woman been familiar with the Night Thoughts of Dr. Young, she might have expressed herself somewhat tersely in a line of his— "Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps." Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. But with the Pygmies he was the most merry and sweet tempered old Giant who ever washed his face in a cloud. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z I will make a slave of you, and you shall likewise be the slave of my brethren, here, the Pygmies. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Pygmy killer whales are probably distributed in the tropical and subtropical waters of the western North Atlantic. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Altogether, as we think our study will show, the evidence of the Fairy-Faith itself gives only a slender and superficial support to the Pygmy Theory. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z He was a tiny little fellow, known affectionately among his friends as Stub, or Peewee or Pygmy. The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave What a wailing the poor little Pygmies set up when they saw their enormous brother treated in this terrible way! Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z On all their holidays, the Pygmies had excellent sport with Ant�us. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Pygmy killer whales may also be confused with the similarly sized and colored many-toothed blackfish. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The second theory may be called the Pygmy Theory, which Mr. David MacRitchie, who is definitely committed to it, has so clearly set forth in his well-known work, entitled The Testimony of Tradition. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z These Pygmies of Societas, though small, are cunning, and wise in their generation. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. A Pygmy, you know, though so very small, might set the world on fire just as easily as a Giant could. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z But the Pygmy looked again, and now perceived that the stranger was coming directly towards the prostrate form of Ant�us. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Figure 155.—Pygmy killer whales have from 8 to 11 teeth in each side of the upper jaw and from 11 to 13 in each side of the lower jaw. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Therefore, from our point of view, the Pygmy Theory is altogether inadequate, because it overlooks or misinterprets the most essential and prominent elements in the belief which the Celtic peoples hold concerning fairies and Fairyland. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The Pygmies appear to be aware that the plantations and powers of the Whirkirs are practically inexhaustible, and to think that they have as much right to the produce as the aboriginal owners and tillers. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. As for the Pygmies, their capital city was laid in ruins by the vibration it made in the air. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z By this time, the whole nation of Pygmies had seen the new wonder, and a million of them set up a shout, all together; so that it really made quite an audible squeak. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Its habits and eggs are the same as those of the Pygmy Nuthatch. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Here, again, the Pygmy Theory is seen at its true relative value: it is subordinate to the fundamental animism of the Fairy-Faith. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z The Pygmies are as old as Swelldom, as ubiquitous as Boredom, the two secular pests of the earth. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. Hercules was so amused by the Pygmy's big words and warlike gestures that he burst into laughter and almost dropped the poor little mite of a creature off his hand. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z It was a happy circumstance that Ant�us was the Pygmy people's friend; for there was more strength in his little finger than in ten million of such bodies as theirs. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z It is said to be more nocturnal than the Pygmy Owls and to feed almost exclusively upon insects. The Bird Book Illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs. Have the Pygmies made you drunken, Bathing in mandragora, Your divine pale lips that shiver Like the lotus in the river?' Storyology Essays in Folk-Lore, Sea-Lore, and Plant-Lore I have been with the doctor to the Pygmy Planet in it. The Pygmy Planet "As big as your own," said the Pygmy. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z But with the Pygmies he was the most sportive, and humorous, and merry-hearted, and sweet-tempered old Giant that ever washed his face in a wet cloud. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z Occasionally he expresses a general truth with great felicity, as when he says, "Pygmy cares Can shelter under patience' shield; but giant griefs Will burst all covert." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 And they were continually propagating sayings of this kind, barking in vain at the inflexible prince with secret attacks, as the Pygmies or the clown Thiodamas of Lindus assailed Hercules. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens A tiny black needle was creeping slowly across the scale, toward "Pygmy Planet Normal." The Pygmy Planet It must have been very curious to behold the Pygmies' little cities with streets two or three feet wide paved with the smallest pebbles and bordered by habitations about as big as a squirrel's cage. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z In the above-described warfare, if a Pygmy chanced to pluck out a crane's tail-feather, it proved a very great feather in his cap. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z In the Lapps of northern Europe we possess another small race, possibly the lineal descendents of the Quaternary Pygmies. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Our favorite piece is the Battle of the Cranes and Pygmies; for in that piece we discern a gleam of the fancy and humor which many years later enlivened thousands of breakfast tables. Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3) Making small circles to keep within the upright pillar of violet radiance, he climbed steadily and as rapidly as possible, keeping his eyes upon the brilliant half-moon of the Pygmy Planet. The Pygmy Planet I will make a slave of you, and you shall likewise be the slave of my brothers here, the Pygmies. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Still the stranger drew nearer; and now the Pygmies could plainly discern that if his stature were less lofty than the Giant's, yet his shoulders were even broader. A Wonder Book and Tanglewood Tales For girls and boys 2011-02-25T03:01:12.793Z While remaining in the forest and retaining their primitive habits, the Pygmies presented an instance of arrested evolution. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Of some tribes, as the Pygmies of Central Africa and the Fuegians, we have no exact information on this point. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV And as he flew, he watched the little scale, upon which the black needle was now nearing the line marked, "Pygmy Planet Normal." The Pygmy Planet They were neatly plastered together by the Pygmy workmen, pretty much like birds' nests, out of straw, feathers, egg shells, and other bits of small stuff with stiff clay instead of mortar. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z Some tribes speaking Bantu languages are dwarfs or dwarfish, and belong to the group of Forest Pygmies. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" The Pygmies seem greatly lacking in the social sentiments. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Articles "Dwarfs and Pygmies," "Dualism," "Fate," "Calendar," "Feasting," "Fasting," "Festivals and Fasts," ibid. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV At last, when it seemed to Larry nearly three hours since he had begun this amazing flight, the crawling ebon needle reached the mark, "Pygmy Planet Normal." The Pygmy Planet His head was in one part of the kingdom and his feet in another and he was taking what comfort he could while the Pygmies scrambled over him and played in his hair. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z But different fates befel her hostile rage, While reigned, invincible through many an age, The dreaded Pygmy: roused by war’s alarms, Forth rushed the madding Mannikin to arms. The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius with some other poems Burrows, in his "Land of the Pygmies," says that they do not possess even the most ordinary ties of family affection. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Had I brought with me or did I hear now a whispered: "Pygmy, again!" The Thing from the Lake Abruptly the Pygmy Planet, which had seemed to be beside him, appeared to swing about, so that it was beneath him. The Pygmy Planet This Giant and these Pygmies, being children of the same Mother Earth, lived together in a very friendly way far off in the middle of hot Africa. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z A shot came from the group of Pygmy figures. Beyond the Vanishing Point The Negritos are similar in stature to the Pygmies of Africa, the men averaging four feet eight inches high, and they are like them in general appearance. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution "Pygmy, will you think of another pygmy now?" raged the Thing. The Thing from the Lake In what seemed half an hour more, Larry had made a safe landing upon the Pygmy Planet. The Pygmy Planet In spite of the difference in their size, it seemed as if Antaeus needed the Pygmies for his friend as much as they did him for the protection he was to them. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z The Pygmies of Central Africa are mighty hunters, otherwise they could not survive. The Human Side of Animals They are darker in complexion, some being as sable as negroes, and all of them darker than the African Pygmies. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution More recently a connexion has been traced between the Bushmen and the Pygmy peoples inhabiting the forests of Central Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The gravitation of the Pygmy Planet seemed to diminish as he gained altitude, until presently he could fly vertically from it, without circling at all. The Pygmy Planet As it came nearer, what should it turn out to be but a human shape, not so large as Antaeus, but an enormous figure when compared with the Pygmies. Wonder Stories The Best Myths for Boys and Girls 2011-03-31T02:00:19.150Z As the present writer takes the general term "Negro" to include equally the Bantu, Hottentot, Bushman and Congo Pygmy, this designation will cover all the natives of British Central Africa. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" In body, like the Pygmies, they are thin and spindle-legged. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The width and length oppress you: they crush down your struggling self-consciousness like Titans dealing with Pygmies. Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons He saw the little ebon needle waver, leave the mark designated "Pygmy Planet Normal" and start toward "Earth Normal." The Pygmy Planet By using scientific methods, I can absolutely refute the ideas of those who say that Oklahoma doesn't matter, or that the Pygmies might as well be exterminated. 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s Pygmies and Giants Now, all this involves clearly enough a greatly increased rate of activity on the part of the bodily organs of assimilation and repair. Initiative Psychic Energy Being the Sixth of a Series of Twelve Volumes on the Applications of Psychology to the Problems of Personal and Business Efficiency The conflict of the Pygmies with nature has been confined to the animal world, and reached its highest level in the herding industries of the Hottentots. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The Pygmies of the Congo region have medium heads; the Bushmen of South Africa, usually regarded as akin in race, have long heads. Anthropology The Pygmy Planet, and the huge machine looming ever them, dwindled to natural size. The Pygmy Planet Pygmies are pygmies still, though perched on Alps. Familiar Quotations But it lay between the Pygmy villages, along the paths they had made, and through the glades where they fought their battles with the storks. Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky I was able to secure a snap-shot, but did not succeed in the time exposure, as the Pygmies would not stand still. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution It was said by old Trivulzio, that the Battle of Marignano was the Battle of the Giants,—that all the rest of the many he had seen were those of the Cranes and Pygmies. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 06 (of 12) Down into the infinitely small goes Larry on his mission to the Pygmy Planet. The Pygmy Planet The Pygmy people in the jungles represent to-day a small survival from the past, but a survival of curious interest, pushed aside by the torrent of conquest. The Negro In reality, if we want to find a pure race, we must visit the Esquimaux, or the Fuegians, or the Pygmies; we shall certainly not find one in Europe. Outspoken Essays He journeyed for three weeks in the Pygmy forest and had excellent opportunities for examining its inhabitants. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Among other curiosities he maintained that he had discovered the Pygmies. Chapters on Jewish Literature "But on the Pygmy Planet, we have watched the life of a world—the whole panorama of evolution—" "It seems too wonderful!" The Pygmy Planet In the deserts are the nomads, and the Pygmies are in the forest fastnesses. The Negro We have got used to thinking of the Red Indians as a part of the United States races, but the Pygmies seem outlandish. The Boy With the U.S. Census The northward migration of the Pygmies seems to have been accompanied or followed by that of a full grown people. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution So that tho' he calls them Men Pygmies, yet he may mean no more by it, than that they were like Men. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients One end of its graduated scale was marked, "Earth Normal," the other, "Pygmy Planet Normal." The Pygmy Planet While the Pygmies, still living in the age of wood, make no iron or stone implements, they seem to know how to make bark cloth and fiber baskets and simple outfits for hunting and fishing. The Negro I didn't know that the Stars and Stripes floated over Pygmy tribes! The Boy With the U.S. Census We do not need to go back far in time in the East to find the Pygmy race in full control of the Philippine and other islands, and probably of Malacca and parts of Hindostan. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The Pygmy described in this work was, as a matter of fact, a chimpanzee, and its skeleton is at this present moment in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The Pygmy Planet rotated in a few seconds of earth time; one of its inhabitants might have lived, aged, and died in the duration of a single day in our larger world. The Pygmy Planet If the results could be taken at their face value, they would indicate differences in intelligence between races, giving such groups as the Pygmy and Negrito a low station as compared with most of mankind. How to Teach The first came and settled the islands away a long time back, driving the Pygmies to the forests, and occupying the coasts themselves. The Boy With the U.S. Census Like other Pygmy tribes, these are very shy, wandering from place to place in the forest, and avoiding frequented routes of travel. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution I do not here find Aristotle asserting or confirming any thing of the fabulous Narrations that had been made about the Pygmies. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients What are we going to do about the Pygmy Planet? The Pygmy Planet Pygmies, a fabulous people, their height 13½ inches, mentioned by Homer as dwelling on the shores of the ocean and attacked by cranes in spring-time, the theme of numerous stories. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge In the above-described warfare, if a Pygmy chanced to pluck out a crane's tail feather, it proved a very great feather in his cap. Tanglewood Tales The discovery of these forest Pygmies has directed attention to the Bushmen of South Africa, a desert-dwelling race, long known though comparatively little regarded in their ethnological significance. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Not but that in Africa there was a Nation of Men called Troglodytes, but quite different from our Pygmies. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients As we passed through the valleys the Pygmies shot arrows at us from the hollows of the trees, and at night-time we heard the wild men beating on their drums. A House of Pomegranates You had better slow up a bit, Pygmy. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat By this time, the whole nation of the Pygmies had seen the new wonder, and a million of them set up a shout all together; so that it really made quite an audible squeak. Tanglewood Tales It is certainly a striking fact that, wherever found, from South Africa to the Far East, the Pygmy tribes possess the art of poisoning their weapons. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution I therefore excuse Strabo, for denying the Pygmies, since he could not but be convinced, they could not be such Men, as these Historians have described them. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The Battle of the Pygmies and Cranes; the Barometer; and a Bowling-green. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 Peewee or Pygmy, the latter sometimes shortened to Pyg, were names to which he answered almost as readily as to his Christian name. Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motorboat Still the stranger drew nearer; and now the Pygmies could plainly discern that, if his stature were less lofty than the Giant's, yet his shoulders were even broader. Tanglewood Tales The only Eastern locality of which the Pygmy race remained in full possession until recent times is that of the Andaman Islands. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Talentonius's Dissertation about them: and upon examination do find, that neither the Humane Authorities, nor Divine that they alledge, do any ways prove, as they pretend, the Being of Men Pygmies. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients It recalled the antique legend of the battles of the Pygmies and the Cranes. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 And the Pygmies flattered me soft and low, 'You are tall; be King of us, Gipsy Joe.' The Vagabond and Other Poems from Punch I will make a slave of you, and you shall likewise be the slave of my brethren here, the Pygmies. Tanglewood Tales Wherever found the Pygmies are hunters, usually making the deep forest their home, and are masters through their agility, cunning, and deadly weapons of the whole world of lower animals. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But the Story of the Pygmies being the greatest Imposture, I shall chiefly concern my self about them, and shall be more concise on the others, since they will not need so strict an Examination. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Pygmy tribes and cannibalism in the Congo basin. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 14 The New Era; A Supplementary Volume, by Recent Writers, as Set Forth in the Preface and Table of Contents She knew no Amerinds northern or southern, no Hispanics, Negroids, or Pygmies. Si'Wren of the Patriarchs In those histories, perhaps, it stands recorded, that, a great many centuries ago, the valiant Pygmies avenged the death of the Giant Antaeus by scaring away the mighty Hercules. Tanglewood Tales The Pygmy is negro-like in cast of countenance and bodily formation. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution This may seem a reasonable Cause of a Quarrel; but it not being certain that the Pygmies used to sow Corn, I will not insist on this neither. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Dear me, what tiny things you make us out—not so big as the Pygmies even, but positively grovelling on the face of the earth. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 Bless my watch chain--but they were regular imps--the red Pygmies I mean, not the missionaries. Tom Swift in the City of Gold, or, Marvelous Adventures Underground A great while ago, when the world was full of wonders, there lived an earth-born Giant, named Antaeus, and a million or more of curious little earth-born people, who were called Pygmies. Tanglewood Tales After entering the great primeval forest Mr. Lloyd went west for five days without the sight of a Pygmy. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Here are bred wild Beasts that are not in other places; and black Men, which no other Country affords: and amongst them is the Nation of the Pygmies, and the BARKERS, that is, the Cynocephali. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients It is a popular error to explain the Homeric and Herodotean legend of the Pygmies by anthropoid apes. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 The Pygmies and their enemies the cranes form the subject of several works of art. Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable It was a happy circumstance that Antaeus was the Pygmy people's friend; for there was more strength in his little finger than in ten million of such bodies as this. Tanglewood Tales With this consideration of the characteristics and habitat of the Pygmies we may proceed to a review of their habits. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Homer that first mentioned the Pygmies, there are only these two Characteristics he gives of them. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Ordnance of all calibres; throats of all capacities; men of all plans, every man his own engineer: seldom since the war of Pygmies and Cranes was there seen so anomalous a thing. The French Revolution In considering the Pygmies as they exist to-day, in fact, it is impossible to say how far their habits and possessions are original with themselves and how far they have been derived from others. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution And, on their parts, the Pygmies loved Antaeus with as much affection as their tiny hearts could hold. Tanglewood Tales The Pygmies of the Central African forests seem similarly to occupy an intermediate position in the development of language. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution He means Dwarfs, that are no Pygmies at all. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The fierce suns of the African lowlands may well have caused an increased deposit of pigment, changing the yellowish hue of the Pygmy to the deep black of the negro. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution He stands in a measure intermediate between the nomad Pygmies of the forest and the desert, and the mixed races who may be called negroid but cannot strictly be called negro. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The most venerable and white-bearded Pygmy had never heard of a time, even in his greatest of grandfathers' days, when the Giant was not their enormous friend. Tanglewood Tales The Pygmies are not destitute of intelligence, and are capable of receiving some of the elements of education. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Now all these Conjectures do no ways account for Homer's Pygmies and Cranes, they are too much forced and strain'd. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Yet the Pygmies have held their own in Europe as in Africa, with certain modifications. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution These characteristics the negroes possess in common with the Pygmies and the Negritos. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But with the Pygmies he was the most sportive and humorous, and merry-hearted, and sweet-tempered old Giant that ever washed his face in a wet cloud. Tanglewood Tales There is nothing to show that the idea of agriculture ever entered the mind of a Pygmy. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Having premised this, we will now enquire into their Assertion that maintain the Pygmies to be a Race of Men. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients This makes it quite possible that it was not original with the Pygmies, but was derived by them from other tribes. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The Pygmies build their camps two or three miles away from the negro villages, living in groups of sixty to eighty families. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution On all their holidays, the Pygmies had excellent sport with Antaeus. Tanglewood Tales In other words, the adult Pygmy is on the mental level of the negro child. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But whether the Pygmies do wear Swords, may be doubted. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients A large clearing may have eight to twelve of these Pygmy camps around it, with perhaps two thousand inmates. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution The intelligence of the Pygmies is of a very low order. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But the Pygmy looked again, and now perceived that the stranger was coming directly towards the prostrate form of Antaeus. Tanglewood Tales If we seek the Malaysian and Australasian region of the Eastern seas, we find there another branch of the negro race, similarly in contact with, and apparently derived from, a Pygmy stock. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Now by Men Pygmies we are by no means to understand Dwarfs. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients This is very probably the case with the Pygmies, who similarly reach a mental limit beyond which they cannot advance; but this limit is set in the adult period. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution This applies not only to individuals, but to tribes or races, as in the instances of the Ainos of Japan and some of the Pygmies of Africa. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Neither likewise must it be granted, that tho' in some Climates there might be Men generally of less stature, than what are to be met with in other Countries, that they are presently Pygmies. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The Pygmies do not hesitate to attack the elephant, spearing it from beneath, and hunting it for its ivory, which they trade with the settled tribes. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution To sum up therefore what I have already discoursed, I think I have proved, that the Pygmies were not an Humane Species or Men. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients There is nothing therefore in St. Austin that justifies the being of Men Pygmies, or that the Pygmies were Men; he rather makes them Apes. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Besides, he does not inform us, that these Nubæ used to fight the Cranes; and if they do not, and were not Cubitales, they can't be Homer's Pygmies, which we are enquiring after. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients And because the Nubæ are Troglodytes, that therefore they must be Pygmies, is no Argument at all. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The Negritos and Pygmies are everywhere brachycephalic, or short-headed, with the exception of the Bushmen, who are dolichocephalic, or partially so. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But how came the Cranes and Pygmies to fall out? A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients But finding them, it may be, a sort of Apes, he only tells us, that in such a place these Pygmies live. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients But were there such Men Pygmies now in being, no doubt but we must have heard of them; some or other of our Saylors, in their Voyages, would have lighted on them. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Had Albertus only asserted, that the Pygmies were a sort of Apes, his Opinion possibly might have obtained with less difficulty, unless he could have produced some Body that had heard them talk. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients This art is not possessed by any of the Pygmies, the nearest approach to it being the splitting of stone by fire and using the splinters as weapons. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Three thousand Men of these Pygmies do attend the King of India. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients This is the place, whereabout the Pygmies dwell: For this is no Fable, but a Truth. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients We may here observe how positive the Philosopher is, that there are Pygmies; he tells us where they dwell, and that 'tis no Fable, but a Truth. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients And discoursing of the Pygmies in a place, where he is only treating about Brutes, 'tis reasonable to think, that he looked upon them only as such. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients As the forest Pygmy group represents to-day the completion of the first stage of human evolution, so the patriarchal empire of China represents that of the second. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Had the Pygmies ever spoke any Language intelligible by Mankind, this might have furnished our Historians with notable Subjects for their Novels; and no doubt but we should have had plenty of them. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Since the Pygmies therefore are some of the Brute Beasts that naturally breed in these Countries, and they are pleased to let us know as much, I can easily excuse them a Name. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients He mentions a great many monstrous Nations of Men, as they are described by the Indian Historians, and amongst the rest, the Pygmies, the Sciopodes, &c. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Because Homer places the Pygmies near the Ocean, where the Nubæ were. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients In this respect the Pygmy peoples agree more closely with the short-headed Mongolian or yellow races than with the long-headed negro or black races, though in general features they come near the latter. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution Now Cardan, tho' he allows this Consequence, yet in the same place he gives several Reasons why the Pygmies could not be Men, and looks upon the whole Story as fabulous. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients Because Aristotle makes the Pygmies to be Troglodytes, and so were the Nubæ. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients But this methinks spoils them from being Pygmies; several other Nations at this rate may be Pygmies as well as these Nubæ. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients But Job Ludolphus alters the Scene, and instead of Cranes, substitutes his Condors, who do not fight the Pygmies, but fly away with them, and then devour them. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients The period of conflict ended, a period of rest supervened, and, so far as the Pygmies are concerned, this period still continues. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution But these being only Dwarfs, they must not be esteemed the Pygmies we are enquiring about, which are represented as a Nation, and the whole Race of them to be of the like stature. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients But this Fable of Men Pygmies has not only obtained amongst the Greeks and Indian Historians: the Arabians likewise tell much such Stories of them, as the same learned Bochartus informs us. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients However the Pygmies shewed themselves grateful to their Deliverer, in heaping Honours on him. A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients |
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