The mean height of young men in the Western Balkans

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  1. >According to the Romans, the Illyrians were tall and well-built.

    This sort of proves the theory that most south slavic are genetically still the same who lived in the Balkans prior to arrival of Slavs. The numerically smaller, but much more culturaly stronger Slavic immigrants simply assimilated the local Illyrians and didn’t exterminate them, as was previously tought.

  2. It was pretty strange visiting Banja Luka, I really didn’t expect so many younger people to be tall. But it wasn’t really that noticeable because plenty of the older generation was of “normal” height

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