Templar
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- Ethnic group
- Paleolithic European
- Y-DNA haplogroup
- G-L42
- mtDNA haplogroup
- H2a1
My cousin is I1a, i'm i2b1 (he is 6'5 and i'm 6'2) Is hg I correlated with tallness?
What really got me thinking was this Germanic reputation for engineering, creativity and thinking "outside the box", so to speak. Not just limited to germany, but the entire germanosphere.
I think there is a pretty clear correlation between haplogroup I frequency and tallness. The two regions of Europe most known for having a lot of tall people are both the ones with the highest rates of haplogroup I: Scandinavia and the Dinaric Alps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height#Average_height_around_the_world