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Pygmies are similar to North Africans in various subtle ways. As I posted three years ago in this thread:
quote:Originally posted by Swenet:
quote:One might find it odd that the Pygmies cluster with North Africans. This is due to allometric effects associated with their small size. In particular HL-shape exhibits negative allometry, while FHAP-shape exhibits positive allometry (Holliday, 1995). Therefore, as a result of their small size, the Pygmies are characterized by small femoral heads and long humeri – features aligning them more closely with the North Africans than with Sub-Saharan Africans.
--Holiday 1997
So, Egyptians don't cluster with Pygmies at the expense of Nubians. The opposite is happening. Pygmies cluster with Egypto-Nubians (and Ain Dokhara) instead of with Sub-Saharan Africans:
(...) Pygmies are characterized by small femoral heads and long humeri – features aligning them more closely with the North Africans than with Sub-Saharan Africans. —Holliday 1997b
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