----Original Message-----
>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>From: Tako Oda <toda@m...>
>Subject: [vocalist] Castrati Rib Cages WAS:Mozart in
falsetto/ how styles change
>Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 11:31 AM
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>Another theory is that the ossification thing resulted in longer leg
>bones, since they didn't set as quickly as they do in intact men.
>That's the explanation for why they were so tall, but it could just
>be that they were better fed than the average 18th century Italian
>guy.
>
I wonder the questions that could be answered if DNA sampling could be
performed from a simple sample of a strand of hair or bone material from
the remains of one of these singers.
Sorry if it seems like morbid curiosity - not meant to be!
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