ABSTRACT
African Pygmies have occupied a prominent place in the debate about mobility and territoriality among hunters and gatherers, being one of the two examples used by Turnbull to define the notion of flux. Food resources availability varies according to space and time, thus influencing human spatial mobility. Several types of forests can be observed at a larger scale, according to local soil composition and microclimates. For instance, both the flora and the fauna of swampy forests differ from those of dry land forests. The variable patterns of spatial distribution of trees and lianas of the rain forest result in different distances between individuals of the various plant species producing fruits or other types of foodstuffs. Fixed resources include both plants and some invertebrates living upon plants, like caterpillars feeding on the leaves or honey bees feeding on the flowers. The term 'Mbuti Pygmies' covers actually several groups, differing in language, technique and region.
