Politics 2008:The Caucuses and The Dem/Rep Conventions

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by mccoyred

The height difference many be true but it most likely is not related to the regime change which only happened after WWII. Evolutionary changes take time to develop; something so dramatic is not llikey to have happened in the short span of 2 generations.

If anyone has some research or background on this phenomenon, I would love to hear it.

I don't know about S. Korea specifically but I once heard something similar about children in Japan only a generation after WWII.

It's not evolutionary, but as a result of better nutrition. Children were getting more milk and protein in their diets as well as more calories over all.

How real this is, I have no idea.

ETA: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ns/?hp&apage=2

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I don't know about S. Korea specifically but I once heard something similar about children in Japan only a generation after WWII.

It's not evolutionary, but as a result of better nutrition. Children were getting more milk and protein in their diets as well as more calories over all.

How real this is, I have no idea.

ETA: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/0...ns/?hp&apage=2

Thanks for the source! Instinctively, anything that comes out of his mouth, I take with a bushel of salt