Dinaric alps why so tall

The mountains of giants: an anthropometric survey of male youths in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Royal Society Open Science DOI: This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission.

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Nov 11, New database of , assembled bacterial genomes sheds light on the evolution of bacteria Nov 10, Nov 09, Nov 08, Load comments 0. Let us know if there is a problem with our content. Your message to the editors. Your email only if you want to be contacted back. Send Feedback. The enhanced stature could be caused by an abundance of dietary protein from the large game they ate. In addition, the water sources near where these people lived had high calcium levels, which would support optimal bone growth.

Good nutrition and calcium for bone growth could be key factors, but a genetic factor may be responsible. Studies by Pavel Grasgruber at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic looked at more than 3, male Bosnian and Herzegovinian college students and found a genetic basis for their enhanced height.

Many of these students share a haplogroup called I-M, which has been linked with tall stature. A haplogroup is a group of genes that are inherited together and come from a common ancestor.

The appearance of this haplogroup is associated with people in the Balkans, with the highest frequency observed in Bosnia-Herzegovina. To complete the genetic linkage, this haplogroup has been identified in the remains of a Gravettian ancestor who lived more than 30, years ago. Together with the Dutch, Montenegrins and Dalmatians, men from Herzegovina Because both nutritional standards and socioeconomic conditions are still deeply suboptimal, the most likely explanation of this exceptional height lies in specific genetic factors associated with the spread of Y haplogroup I-M The genetic potential for height in this region could then be the greatest in the world.

Future studies should further elucidate the roots of this intriguing phenomenon, which touches an important aspect of human biodiversity. Oriana Fallaci. I doubt that this has anything to do with haplogroup I. Y-DNA does influence height, but variations between haplogroups amount to a difference of only 1 or 2 cm according to the only study on the subject. I am not even sure that all haplogroup I is linked to increased height.

Here are some stats on male height to corroborate that. Check this selection of my best forum topics My book selection Follow me on Facebook and Twitter My profile on Academia. Yeah I'm not convinced either. I'm a skeptic when it comes to the influence of Y-DNA Haplogroups on certain traits but the objectives and the outcomes of this study don't even match. It's supposed to be about the factors that influence height in Bosnia and by the end of the study they're claiming I-M influences height which was something they did not even test for.

Also they make the claim that "I-M is associated with tall statures not only in the Balkans but also in Central and Northern Europe" but as Maciamo explained this isnt necessarily true, in Northern Europe it seems the countries with more R1b are taller.

Likewise they conveniently fail to mention the Sardinians who a few decades ago were among the shortest people on the planet. Pig producing area which correlates with pig consumption , income and education were positively correlated with height, meanwhile maize producing areas and "Urbaness" were negatively correlated. I think the most interesting piece from this is that the people from Rural areas were slightly taller than people from Urban ones, the rest is expected.

I think modern food production and consumption of meat laced with hormones and antibiotics gave recent generations good few inches in extra growth. It should be reversed in coming generations, when people demand organic food more and more. Be wary of people who tend to glorify the past, underestimate the present, and demonize the future.

Originally Posted by Promenade. My observation is that Germanic's have long legs, and short upper buddy, generally speaking. When they get fat in the old age their legs look ridiculously thin because of their length. So it would be fair to say that Northern Europe has long legs which can be attributed to Ydna R1b.

South Europe has more balanced upper buddy, leg length. Mountainous areas seems to enable some selective processes that gives the people certain phenotypes with long limbs.

In the Balkans that's the case with the so-called Dinaric type, long limbed type suitable for living in mountains. The Western Balkans are full with this Dinaric phenotype and it's most common in the highlands.