Monday, March 12, 2012

Humans Are Getting Smaller


Cambridge University experts say humans are past their peak and that modern-day  people are 10 per cent smaller and shorter than their hunter-gatherer ancestors.
Scientists blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanisation compromising health and leading to the spread of disease
Scientists blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanisation compromising health and leading to the spread of disease

Big brother: A model of neanderthal man, which rose to prominence about 130,000 years and was far more robust that modern man
Big brother: A model of neanderthal man, which rose to prominence about 130,000 years and was far more robust than modern man


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