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Archaeologists in eastern China have found 5,000-

year-old skeletons of people experts say would have

been unusually tall and strong. According to the

measurements of bones in the graves at the site in

5 Shandong province, a number of the people would have

measured at 1.8m or taller, with one man estimated to

have been 1 9m Although not particularly unusual by

21st-century Western standards, it is thought their

height would have seen them tower over many of their

10 contemporaries.

Locals in Shandong see their height as a defining

characteristic. A study conducted in 2015 found the

average height of 18 men to be 1.753m, compared to

the country’s national average of 1.72m. Confucius, who

15 was bom in what is now the Shandong province, was

reportedly 1.9m tall.

The people living in the region 5,000 years ago

are believed to have had relatively comfortable lives;

the rows of houses that have been excavated suggested

20 their living quarters had separate bedrooms and

kitchens. Taller men were found buried in larger graves,

which could be due to them having a higher status and

having access to better food.

ARCHAEOLOGISTS. Dispoonivel em: www.independent oo uk>News> Sdence>Archaelogy>. Acesso em: 24 jurt. 2017. Adaptado.

The researchers believe that the people living in the Shandong province 5,000 years ago