Growing big and healthy
Posted on July 29th, 2006 by On a Limb w/ Claudia
The New York Times shared this interesting article on the change in human size and shape since the 1800s. It’s a fascinating look at what good nutrition and antibiotics can bring. (Click here to read the article.)
Check it out!
Filed under: Thoughts on being human....
This is the kind of article that I’d like to save and pull out every time someone starts talking about the good old days. I’d like to ask such people what exactly they found so likeable. The malnoutrition? Polio? Death from an influenza virus? The permanent scarring of scarlet fever?
Amazing isn’t it. We are bigger, healthier, and smarter than our grandparents. So why are they always right?