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again
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hold true Tor Older animals
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prone to diSease& connected ~3sh h!en h}osd
pressure. And especially s4Atdrn ac&th ffosa
brain heEnosfhA
Amang the racial syo<k of thr MAYA whe
evolved the mast advanced of Ae~ Wesld
civilizations before tie ARRIVAL Of Europeans
there has oern a progressive decline ia
stature Today the MAya speaking peoples
nk hA Fzraws hsaA A-
much OF the language and many al ths
customs Of their ancestors. are the shortest
OF Indians Comparison with ArletAl mA-
teriAl shows that they have lost nearly two
inches. OH the average. IN the past tao or
three centuries
This Is one Of the indications from
measurements Of neafly 200 Twins oaalss
malans Of Mayan stock Irving around ths
shores OF Lake Atltlan III the extreme vest
Of the Central American republic ,ust
carried out hy nr. T. Dale stewart Smith.
sonlAn Institution curator Of physical
anthropoogs
Isolated Nalases
These 2eth~csntury Masans live IN quite
isolated environment The hiEh Cuehuma-
tanes Mountains separate them from TIE
cities Of the east There arr four sreupa.
each speaking slightly different dialect
Last year DR., Stewart made extensive phys-
dans This year he returned 10 the isolated
village OF Saloma. where more than 100
Nam speaking people we're studied At the
end OF this trip he obtained kinaiiAr measure
menH OF members OF the ouiehe tEihr
Low stature Il q common ehArastetiaita
OF these people. he reports II apparently
Is due TO some unfasorahs factor In the
environment which has become pronounced
during the last two centuries The decline
he tRA IN
conditions. The present-daS MaFaa are at
least as well noaiyished, clothed and housed
as their ancestors
A possibility suggested by Or Stewart ia
lack Of some element In THE soll traces at
which are needed In human diet
He found numerous remnants Of Mayan
cultures underlying thn Spanish American
ways OF life which appear on ths surface.
Among these are brilliant feminine costumes
with red gold and lavender decorations
There are many traces Of the ancient
religion