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where stature reaches its maximum in insolation is similar. Third, although the soldier
sample is clearly drawn from higher socioeconomic status, the farmer stature advantage
for military and prison samples was similar. The effects of insolation omission are also
coming into focus. Nativity was related to stature, and this paper demonstrates that
studies that do not account for nativity may underestimate the relationship between
stature and nativity. The effect of omitting socioeconomic status and birth period
variables however has little relationship between stature and other variables.