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Body‐height relative variation studied on 839 adult male samples
Author(s) -
Schreider Eugene
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330280220
Subject(s) - variation (astronomy) , range (aeronautics) , demography , homo sapiens , biology , body height , statistics , body weight , geography , mathematics , physics , sociology , materials science , archaeology , endocrinology , astrophysics , composite material
In most cases (80.6%), coefficients of variation of body height fall in a narrow range, between 3 and 3.9. Averages calculated for regional, racial and national groups or for successive periods may differ significantly, nevertheless they do not exceed these limits. There is no relationship with environmental, economic and social conditions and the most probable hypothesis is that body height relative variation is stable characteristic of Homo sapiens, dependent on some genotypic traits common to all populations.