The Great African Height Puzzle
What are Africans so tall? They are not just incredibly tall in an absolute sense. They are much taller than they ought to be given everything we know about the determinants of stature. Height is known to be an excellent proxy for health status and living standards. Adult height is partly a function of in utero environment (ie, the health status of the …
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