Australia's secret pygmy people

[boxy]

It's a pretty huge conspiracy, aimed (so you claim) at covering up something blindingly obvious, and with zero relevance to anyone not a psycho conspiracy theorist in the first place.

Totally not worth it.

It'd be pretty cool to find out there are/were Australian pygmies.

[mellie]

It's a pretty huge conspiracy, aimed (so you claim) at covering up something blindingly obvious, and with zero relevance to anyone not a psycho conspiracy theorist in the first place.

Totally not worth it.

It'd be pretty cool to find out there are/were Australian pygmies.

We have a number of historians researching their demise as we speak, some of their findings are rather interesting.

If you're interested boxy, this articles a worthwhile read. A good introduction.

https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/history ... n-pygmies/

[roogal]

Thats a very interesting notion you have raised there Mellie

Wonder if the media would be interested to dissect the family tree and trace back to the original bloodlines

[freediver]

Then could the same be said for the rest of Australia's not so Indigenous ... Well...Apparently Indigenous?



The tits don't lie Freediver... they look pretty well full grown to me.

I was not claiming they were children, I was claiming they were malnourished. This has been well documented elsewhere, most notably in China. Furthermore, it can take several generations to respond, as the physical size of a mother's womb can have an impact on the child's size. This would provide a convenient explanation that does not require conspiracy theories - they simply had healthier children over a few generations until you couldn't tell them apart.

[Neferti]

I was not claiming they were children, I was claiming they were malnourished. This has been well documented elsewhere, most notably in China. Furthermore, it can take several generations to respond, as the physical size of a mother's womb can have an impact on the child's size. This would provide a convenient explanation that does not require conspiracy theories - they simply had healthier children over a few generations until you couldn't tell them apart.

So the Indigenous people (including the pygmies) were malnourished?

I think I would feel a bit malnourished if I was a child or an adult wandering around the Australian "outback" in the nuddy, with only bardy grubs, eucalyptus leaves, and the odd kangaroo or snake for "protein".

[boxy]

I think what freediver is alluding to, is that these pygmies may not be pygmies, but chronically malnourished examples of the surrounding native population (causing them to be stunted in growth)

[Rorschach]

http://quadrant.org.au/opinion/history- ... n-pygmies/

[boxy]

Thanks for posting that link, yet again, Roach. Someone may have missed it

[freediver]

What's this about a link?

[boxy]

It's a link to an arts magazine. Apparently it's teh boss!