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		tjr on Oct 17, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Skull of Homo erectus throws story of human evolut... Modern humans are not that diverse in size. An adult males weigh 50-85kgs. If you find a population of individuals weiging 120ks, you will conclude that these are probably a different species. Haven't been in the U.S. much, have you? :-(

001sky on Oct 18, 2013 [–]

At least one in two people are now overweight or obese in more than half of the 34 OECD countries

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