Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/03/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good Lord! Taller than the Watusies or some of the Nuba people of the Sudan, first photographed by George Roger, one of the Magnum co-founders? On 3/16/06 6:42 PM, "GREG LORENZO" <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote: > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information