High Mortality Rates May Explain Small Body Size

Monday, October 5, 2009 - 21:14 in Health & Medicine

A new study suggests that high mortality rates in small-bodied people, commonly known as pygmies, may be part of the reason for their small stature. The study helps unravel the mystery of how small-bodied people got that way.

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