> Actually, the study that result comes from has really good > multi-generational data. Dutch children (women as well) have been > taller than their parents for the period in question. There's also > nice data that shows that children born just before or during WWII are > shorter than their siblings born after the war. It's pretty clear > that height is a complex thing, very largely dependent on environment, > but with a substantial heritable portion. The current evidence shows > that Dutch heights have reached a peak. We'll see in a 100 years or > so, maybe. > David Scheidt
ISTR that North Korean kids these days are significantly smaller than both South Korean kids and their own parents. Of course hard data is hard to get ... _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
