Researchers studied data from a million people and found evidence that a height gene shared by both sexes is amplified in men. By Gina Kolata Men are taller than women, by an average of about five ...
On average, human males tend to be about 5 inches (13 centimeters) taller than females. But why? In short, we're not sure. Even though this sex-linked height difference exists across the world, we ...