Short lives, short size – why are pygmies small?

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For decades, anthropologists have debated over why pygmies have evolved to be short. Amid theories about their jungle homes and lack of food, new research suggests that we have been looking at the problem from the wrong angle. The diminutive stature of pygmies is not a direct adaptation to their environment, but the side-effect of an evolutionary push to start having children earlier.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/short-lives-short-size-why-are-pygmies-small


Sounds like live fast die young