The height-IQ connection

The fact that taller people also tend to be slightly smarter is due in roughly equal parts to two phenomena - the same genes affect both traits and taller people are more likely than average to mate with smarter people and vice versa - according to a study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The study did not find that environmental factors contributed to the connection between being taller and being smarter, both traits that people tend to find attractive. The modest correlation between height and IQ has been documented in multiple studies stretching back to the 1970s... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..