Did body size in the Neolithic Age depend on cultural influences?

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International research team studied more than 1,500 individuals who lived around 6,000 to 8,000 years ago

Eva Rosenstock - from the Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences in the lab. This skele
Eva Rosenstock - from the Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences in the lab. This skeleton is not from the Neolithic period, but from Late Antiquity. Photo: BoCAS/University of Bonn
The difference in body size between male and female individuals in Northern Europe during the early Neolithic period (8,000 to 6,000 years ago) could have been influenced by cultural factors. The results of an international research team led by the University of Pennsylvania (USA) suggest that the differences in body size during this period cannot be explained by genetic and dietary factors alone. The study, in which Dr. Eva Rosenstock from the University of Bonn is also involved, has now been published in the journal "Nature Human Behaviour". ...
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