Why women are becoming taller, slimmer

April 26, 2013 15:27

As women live longer and have fewer children, they are becoming taller and slimmer, a new study has shown. The study of people living in rural Gambia has revealed that the modern-day "demographic transition" towards living longer and having fewer children may lead women to be taller and slimmer, too. "This is a reminder that declines in mortality rates do not necessarily mean that evolution stops, but that it changes," said Ian Rickard of Durham University in the United Kingdom.

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