#  In northern humans, evolution favored shorter bones - but with a painful trade-off 

 





July 03, 2017

 

 

- [ Coverage on Nature Genetics GDF5 and Height Paper ](/news-categories/coverage-nature-genetics-gdf5-and-height-paper)
 
 

 

Humans in Europe and Asia evolved to have shorter bones and an increased risk of osteoarthritis, a trade-off that may have helped them in colder climates, Stanford researchers say.

**Source:** Stanford Medicine

**Author:** Krista Conger

**Link:** [Full Text](https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2017/07/decreasing-height-increasing-arthritis-risk-evolutionarily.html)



 

 

 



 

 

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