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Planetario wrote:
> 
> Acabo de recibir esto de un digest sobre noticias... (aun no me ha llegado
> el Nature de 8 Mayo, espero que la semana que viene lo tenga y os contare).
> 
> EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTIONARY DECLINE IN HUMAN BRAIN AND BODY SIZE
> A team of bio- and paleoanthropologists headed by Christopher
> Ruff (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD) has reported that
> application of correlations of two different human skeletal
> parts to body mass and body height to nearly 200 human fossil
> remains indicates that human body height and cranial capacity
> peaked about 50,000 years ago and have been declining ever
> since. The decline is substantial, approximately 10 per cent,
> and follows a tremendous spurt in both parameters between 1.8
> million years ago and 50K years ago. Measurements in
> contemporary skeletons were made of the diameter of the femoral
> head and the bi-iliac pelvic breadth, and correlated with body
> mass. (Nature 8 May)
> 
> Al final, que como siempre, no somos nada, ... y cada vez menos!
> 
> ja!

Pero, no habíamos quedado que todos somos más altos, por que tomamos más 
leche y nos alimentamos mejor etc..?

Teresa
>