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Meslolithic skeleton(G. Perissinotto/Archäologischer Dienst Graubünden, ©The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London)
When Europeans shifted from being mobile hunter-gatherers to settled farmers, their average height declined by just over an inch, according to a new study of 167 skeletons ranging from 38,000 to 2,400 years old. The analysis, which controlled for genetic factors and examined indicators of health in the bones, supports the idea that the transition to an agricultural l
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