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Article: Short in height? Blame your older brother
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- May 15, 2008
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London, May 15 -- Dreaming about being tall and well built like your older brother? Well, then you're in for a bit of disappointment, for according to a new study older brothers mean smaller siblings.
What's more: Having an older brother may reduce your chances of reproductive success.
Ian Rickard and colleagues at the University of Glasgow in Scotland collected data from 79 students and staff at their university with older siblings.
They found that those born with at least one older brother were on average lighter at birth and also shorter in adulthood than those born with one or more older sisters.
Rickard's team ...