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Body height, body mass and surface area of the Neandertals
Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Anthropologie, 1998Body size, expressed as height or stature, is an important determinant of many other biological variables. Thus, it is surprising that many textbooks portray a wrong picture of Neanderthal height as being "very short" or "just over 5 feet". Based on 45 long bones from maximally 14 males and 7 females, Neanderthals' height averages between 164 and 168 ...
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Body Height and Occupational Success for Actors and Actresses
Psychological Reports, 2010The association of body height with occupational success has been frequently studied, with previous research mainly finding a positive effect among men and positive or null effects among women. Occupational success has almost exclusively been measured so far by short-term success variables (e.g., annual income).
Stefan Stieger, Christoph Burger
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DETERMINANTS OF VARIATION IN ADULT BODY HEIGHT
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2003Final body height is achieved as the result of a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The aim of this article is to review past studies on body height that have followed different scientific traditions. In modern Western societies, about 20% of variation in body height is due to environmental variation.
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The Journal of Social Psychology, 1954
(1954). Body Height in Mate Selection. The Journal of Social Psychology: Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 257-268.
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(1954). Body Height in Mate Selection. The Journal of Social Psychology: Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 257-268.
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The Tromsø Study: Body Height, Body Mass Index and Fractures
Osteoporosis International, 1998Tall persons suffer more hip fractures than shorter persons, and high body mass index is associated with fewer hip and forearm fractures. We have studied the association between body height, body mass index and all non-vertebral fractures in a large, prospective, population-based study.
Ragnar Martin Joakimsen +4 more
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A Descent into the Body: Wuthering Heights
1998And how, indeed, can we ‘tell the difference’ in/of Wuthering Heights: I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth.2 The well-known ...
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Osteoporosis International, 1996 Integrative oncology: Addressing the global challenges of cancer prevention and treatment
Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 2022Lorenzo Cohen +2 more
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BODY HEIGHT AND LUNG CANCER RISK
The Lancet, 1983LaurenceN. Kolonel, James Lee
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Assessing obesity with body weight and height.
Acta paediatrica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 1983Anthropometric measurements in one hundred girls and one hundred boys from 4.6 to 5.5 years of age were carried out in order to study the correspondence between the criteria of obesity according to weight for stature (BW-HT) and according to the magnitude of fat body mass (FM calculated of two different regression equations, one developed starting from
Amador, M. +3 more
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