tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post333037492668220872..comments2024-01-04T04:11:55.717+02:00Comments on Dienekes’ Anthropology Blog: Origin of African PygmiesDienekeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02082684850093948970noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-15251108231741594902009-04-19T22:31:00.000+03:002009-04-19T22:31:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Deleted https://www.blogger.com/profile/04940731555820938750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-79191695488583810962009-04-15T14:29:00.000+03:002009-04-15T14:29:00.000+03:00Thanks for your interest in our article! I just wa...Thanks for your interest in our article! I just want to clarify a point, as FeministX mentions the word <I>'speciation'</I>.<br /><br />Studying the history of African Pygmies and non-Pygmies can unfortunately have some consequences at the local political scale (if political actors hear about our study, for example). Indeed, Pygmies are victims of racial discrimination by farming villagers. Providing any scientific justification to the racial thesis of local political actors could be extremely destructive for Pygmies. So I want to clarify that the idea that Pygmies are beginning to speciate is scientifically wrong.<br /><br />First, ancestors of Pygmies and non-Pygmies diverged ~60 Kya. This timescale is short, compared to evolutionary times. Ancestors of Africans and non-Africans, and probably ancestors of Khoisan and non-Khoisan, diverged at the same time and you won't say that non-Africans have begun to speciate. Actually, human populations are weakly differentiated, compared to chimpanzee populations, for example.<br /><br />Second, all human populations who live nearby exchange migrants, including Pygmies and non-Pygmies. This diminishes and will always diminish the genetic differentiation of these populations.<br /><br />I hope I did not bother you with this, but I think it was important to clarify this issue. Thank you for your understanding!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01274716022847945812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7785493.post-74105389898606681762009-04-14T06:52:00.000+03:002009-04-14T06:52:00.000+03:00This comment has been removed by the author.Deleted https://www.blogger.com/profile/04940731555820938750noreply@blogger.com