Question 18.90

image 60. Some humans, such as the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Africa, live in desert environments, where it is important to be able to do without water for periods of time. Would you expect such an environment to favor short people or tall ones? (Adapted from A. Zherdev, Horseflies and flying horses, Quantum, May-June 1994, 32-37, 59-60.)