Zina Taran wrote:
>
> I actually do remember from my early school days that we were told that
> there is more boys than girls born and the explanation was to the best of my
> recollection (we're talking very early classes that teach about people, I
> was maybe about 10-11 years old) that females are sturdier "by biological
> design" and their survival rates are higher; that inequality in ##s was
> supposed to even out by around 18-20. As such, this matter might be actually
> widely available in some intro textbooks...
> Wolfgang, I'd be really curious to see what you actually find.
> Thanks
> Zina
More boys are born, but more girls survive to adulthood (excepting cultural
influences). There was a recent Nature paper on this (1 to 2 years ago). I
can't recall the citation tho' ...
Thom
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