Mapping the Mountains of Giants: Anthropometric Data from the
Western Balkans Reveal a Nucleus of Extraordinary Physical
Stature in Europe

J 2022

Mapping the Mountains of Giants: Anthropometric Data from the Western Balkans Reveal a Nucleus of Extraordinary Physical Stature in Europe

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Bojan MASANOVIC, Stipan PRCE, Stevo POPOVIČ, Fitim ARIFI et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Mapping the Mountains of Giants: Anthropometric Data from the Western Balkans Reveal a Nucleus of Extraordinary Physical Stature in Europe

Authors

GRASGRUBER, Pavel (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Bojan MASANOVIC (499 Montenegro), Stipan PRCE (70 Bosnia and Herzegovina), Stevo POPOVIČ (688 Serbia), Fitim ARIFI (807 North Macedonia), Dusko BJELICA (499 Montenegro), Dominik BOKŮVKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jan CACEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivan DAVIDOVIC (688 Serbia), Jovan GARDASEVIC (499 Montenegro), Eduard HRAZDÍRA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Pavlína INGROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Predrag POTPARA (499 Montenegro), Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Gregor STARC (705 Slovenia) and Natasa MIHAILOVIC (688 Serbia)

Edition

BIOLOGY-BASEL, Switzerland, MDPI, 2022, 2079-7737

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

30306 Sport and fitness sciences

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/11/5/786/htm

Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.200

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14510/22:00126126

Organization unit

Faculty of Sports Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11050786

UT WoS

000801550600001

Keywords in English

Dinaric Alps; Europe; height; genetics; Y haplogroups; GWAS

Abstract

V originále

The inhabitants of the Dinaric Alps (former Yugoslavia and Albania) have long been known as people of impressive body height, but after World War II, there was a critical lack of data related to this phenomenon. This anthropological synthesis includes the measurements of 47,158 individuals (24,642 males and 22,516 females) from the period 2010–2018 and maps detail regional differences in male stature in the Western Balkans. According to these data, young men from Mon-tenegro (182.9 cm) are currently the tallest 18-year-olds in the world, surpassing their Dutch peers (182.4 cm), and 18-year-old boys from Dalmatia are even taller (183.7 cm).at a regional level. A con-tinuous belt of extraordinary height means (>184 cm) stretches from the Adriatic coast of Dalmatia through Herzegovina to the central part of Montenegro. This article summarizes all the key socio-economic, nutritional, and genetic data, and offers possible explanations for this anthropological phenomenon. Since the remarkable height of the Dinaric populations cannot be connected with any commonly known environmental factor, the most probable hypothesis is genetic and links these physical characteristics with the local founder effect of Y haplogroup I-M170. Furthermore, given that both the level of socio-economic development and dietary protein quality are still sub-optimal, the local upward trend in body height has the potential to continue in the future.

Citovat

GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Bojan MASANOVIC, Stipan PRCE, Stevo POPOVIČ, Fitim ARIFI, Dusko BJELICA, Dominik BOKŮVKA, Jan CACEK, Ivan DAVIDOVIC, Jovan GARDASEVIC, Eduard HRAZDÍRA, Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ, Pavlína INGROVÁ, Predrag POTPARA, Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ, Gregor STARC and Natasa MIHAILOVIC. Mapping the Mountains of Giants: Anthropometric Data from the Western Balkans Reveal a Nucleus of Extraordinary Physical Stature in Europe. BIOLOGY-BASEL. Switzerland: MDPI, 2022, vol. 11, No 5, p. nestránkováno, 15 pp. ISSN 2079-7737. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11050786.

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GRASGRUBER, Pavel, Bojan MASANOVIC, Stipan PRCE, Stevo POPOVIČ, Fitim ARIFI, Dusko BJELICA, Dominik BOKŮVKA, Jan CACEK, Ivan DAVIDOVIC, Jovan GARDASEVIC, Eduard HRAZDÍRA, Sylva HŘEBÍČKOVÁ, Pavlína INGROVÁ, Predrag POTPARA, Nikola STRAČÁROVÁ, Gregor STARC and Natasa MIHAILOVIC. Mapping the Mountains of Giants: Anthropometric Data from the Western Balkans Reveal a Nucleus of Extraordinary Physical Stature in Europe. \textit{BIOLOGY-BASEL}. Switzerland: MDPI, 2022, vol.~11, No~5, p.~nestránkováno, 15 pp. ISSN~2079-7737. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11050786.

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