Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/16

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Subject: [Leica] I am visiting Australia
From: gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)
Date: Thu Mar 16 15:43:49 2006
 
Rick Dykstra <rdcb37@dodo.com.au> writes in part:
> 
> Its an interesting thing that, that the Dutch are the tallest race in  
> the world.  I suppose that's natural selection for you, in a country  
> that's muchly 6 foot below sea level, that the average height is a 
> 
> little over 6 foot.  :-)
> 

Rick,

I believe the people of Crete are the tallest people, as a group, in Europe. 
In North America, it is the Peigan Tribe, who are Blackfoot. These two 
peoples were the tallest people in the world at one time. Not long ago at 
that.

Regards,

Greg
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