When it comes to the most primitive and mysterious races, the Pygmies of Central Africa must be on the list, and they can definitely be regarded as "carrying handles" types of characters.
The Pygmies, also known as the Negliros, inhabit the tropical forests of central Africa all year round. They are short in stature, with an average height of only 1.2 meters to 1.4 meters and a weight of no more than 100 pounds, which is a typical "pocket ethnic group".
In addition, pygmies have short heads and thighs, everyone has a big belly, and a meat lump the size of an egg protrudes from the navel. Compared with Africans, the skin color is not dark black but mostly light brown, and the hair is curved.
Although he is weak and lean, his strength is amazing, and he hunts all kinds of large prey, which is not a problem at all. The advantage of their small stature makes them more rapid in the pursuit of prey; coupled with their innate keen sense of smell and hearing, they can instantly identify the species and sex of bees at a distance of ten meters.
What is even more incredible is that their growth rate is much faster than normal people, which is typical except for not growing, and everything is done ahead of schedule. Newborn babies, teething at 2 months, can walk at 4 months. Growing up to 8 years old, both boys and girls, all physiological organs have matured, and then they stop growing and begin to age.
Therefore, when children are still in school, many Pygmies are already adults. 8-9 years old is the time when they mature, and it is also the time period when they concentrate on marriage and childbearing.
The day when the age of 8 arrives, it also means that the pygmies who were once children will leave their original families, leave their parents, leave their siblings, and live and live alone.
Prior to this, parents would say goodbye to the boys and girls in the family in a special way.
For adult boys, they need to know how to take responsibility, so they will be thrown into the deserted forest by their parents, where they will live alone, learning the skills of hunting and developing a bold character. A long time ago, some tribes were even more extreme, allowing boys to successfully return from catching elephants before they could declare their adulthood with their heads and faces.
The way to say goodbye to girls is completely different. Girls are the center of gravity of family life, and parents adhere to the notion that they will be locked in a makeshift shed. The sole purpose is to concentrate on learning the skills and family ethics of becoming a mother.
Only in this way can pygmies, who have reached adulthood at the age of 8, enter the next stage of life.
However, unlike other primitive tribes, the Pygmies were not polygamous or polygamous in the traditional sense, but monogamous, and interracial marriages with the region were prohibited. Without the marital feelings mixed by outsiders, they still attach great importance to it, which is undoubtedly very rare.
As for fertility, it is still very traditional. After becoming a family, the Pygmies did not have any protective measures in the modern sense, and their ideology was very closed and backward, so each family would have many children. What is more exaggerated is that some women basically give birth once a year, and there is no such thing as what we call the "confinement period".
Can you imagine, what are the direct consequences of such a cruel and inhumane way? That is, the mortality rate far exceeds the birth rate.
According to statistics, the average life expectancy of pygmies is only 35 years old, and the survival rate of babies is only about 30%, which is a very unreasonable phenomenon.
Relevant scientists have done experiments, by collecting Pygmies DNA samples, and then taking them back to study: due to gene based on environmental variations, there is a gene in the Pygmies, which directly blocks the channels that grow tall. At the same time, such genes carry antibodies that are immune to tropical viruses, making it difficult for various bacteria released in the forest to enter their bodies.
It is based on the above conditions that there were rumors that the sexual organs of the Pygmies can enhance their physique and improve their immunity, so that many people in the outside world violently kill the Pygmies, and then sell their sexual organs at high prices.
Therefore, although the Pygmies have a natural genetic advantage, this has not brought them a healthy and long-lived physique, but has caused various natural and man-made disasters, and the number has dropped sharply, and now it has reached the point of extinction.
Perhaps this is why the local government's call for pygmies to get out of the forest and return to modern society has been repeatedly rejected! After all, the Pygmies still yearn for the primeval forest more than the confused civilized society.