What Is One Explanation for Why People Are Getting Taller

question 1

Multiple Choice

What is one explanation for why people are getting taller in many regions of the world?

• A) People in those regions have better nutrition and lower rates of infectious disease than they did in the past.
• B) People in those regions have better medical care than people in other parts of the world.
• C) People across the world are getting taller due to gene flow from taller populations.
• D) People are getting taller because tall people are more likely to have children, and the genes are becoming more frequent.

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