Home > Archive > Volume 51, No. 4 > This paper
Intelligence of the Pygmies
Richard Lynn
Published: 2011/06/01
Abstract
The intelligence of the Biaka and Babinga Pygmies and of Negroids living in the same region of the Central African Republic is examined with four tests of cognitive abilities. The Pygmies scored lower than the Negroids on all tests by an average of 14 IQ points. In relation to a European IQ of 100, the IQ of the Pygmies is estimated at approximately 53.
Download PDF