a baby girl is statistically more robust than a baby boy. She’s naturally better built to live. As scientists start to explore the female body in truer detail, they are learning just how powerful a girl’s survival edge is—even in a world that doesn’t always want her. “Pretty much at every age, women seem to survive better than men.” We often think of males as being the tougher and more powerful sex. It’s true that men are on average six inches taller than women and have around double the upper body strength. But then, strength can be defined in different ways. When it comes to the most basic
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