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Genes for tallness can be traced back to prehistoric mammoth hunters
The world's tallest men are from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Holland and Croatia. Their stature may be a 'genetic legacy' from the prehistoric Gravettian people, who hunted mammoths.
Gravettian hunter gatherer
" He said: 'I suspect that this big game specialization associated with a surplus of high-quality proteins and low population density created environmental conditions leading to the selection of exceptionally tall males."
- Dr Pavel Grasgruber