An investigation into the matter of twins is being carried out by the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute i'or Anthropology in Berlin. It is established that twins are found more rarely in southern countries than in the colder lands of the north. In percentages of the total of births, there are twice as many twins in Scandinavia as in Italy and Brazil. In addition to this geographical influence, that of heredity has also been confirmed Another unexplained ' factor is that far more twins are born in the country than in the cities.
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Opunake Times, 23 August 1932, Page 3
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