Want Tall, Smart Children? Find An Exotic Stranger, University of Edinburgh Study
It's good to be mixed-up. People whose parents are distantly related are, on average, taller, smarter and better educated than those whose parents are close relatives.
Based on what we know about plants and animals, biologists have long suspected that people of mixed parentage have a genetic advantage. Now an extensive study may have confirmed the hunch.
"It does imply that people who come from very different ancestry would be a bit taller and a bit more cognitively able," says team member Jim Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, UK.
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Based on what we know about plants and animals, biologists have long suspected that people of mixed parentage have a genetic advantage. Now an extensive study may have confirmed the hunch.
"It does imply that people who come from very different ancestry would be a bit taller and a bit more cognitively able," says team member Jim Wilson of the University of Edinburgh, UK.
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