Pygmy peoples
![Baka pygmy dancers in the East Province of Cameroon.](/Images/godic/202502/05/Baka_dancers_June_20062630.jpg")
![African pygmies and a European explorer.](/Images/godic/202502/05/African_Pigmies_CNE-v1-p58-B2630.jpg")
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![A family from a Ba Aka pygmy village](/Images/godic/202502/05/DR_Congo_pygmy_family2630.jpg")
A pygmy is a member of an ethnic group whose average height is unusually short; anthropologists define pygmy as a member of any group where adult men are on average less than 150 cm (4 feet 11 inches) tall. A member of a slightly taller group is termed "pygmoid".