Does natural selection favour taller stature among the tallest people on earth?

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Published in Proc Biol Sci on May 07, 2015

Authors

Gert Stulp1, Louise Barrett2, Felix C Tropf3, Melinda Mills4

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 31, Groningen 9712 TG, The Netherlands gert.stulp@lshtm.ac.uk.
2: Department of Psychology, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive West, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1 K 3M4 Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystems Research Unit, University of South Africa, Private Bag X6 Florida 1710, Johannesburg, South Africa.
3: Department of Sociology, University of Groningen, Grote Rozenstraat 31, Groningen 9712 TG, The Netherlands.
4: Nuffield College/Department of Sociology, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ, UK.

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