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Hawke

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on: May 25, 2013
In a hypothetical world, every 50 years people over 6 feet tall are eliminated from the population.  Based on your knowledge of natural selection, you would predict that the average height of the human population will 
A) remain unchanged.
B) gradually decline.
C) rapidly decline.
D) gradually increase.
E) rapidly increase.


Celeste

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Reply #1 on: May 24, 2019
B


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