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Human Height – Our World in Data
- stared 7y agoHight, one of the markers of health and nutrition. I am surprised by the fact that even now the average height is lower than in the pre-agriculture times. (Note that in Europe it is higher than of the pre-agricultural). Also, I am curious what is in 1450 BC (an artifact? a different population? times of plenty?). So, in some sense, we are getting back to the Eden, we run away from. Taking a fruit from a (cultivated) tree set us in the path of suffering, as promised: "cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life". But agriculture was a temporal pain, lasting 10 millennia or so. And where is the new paradise? And how long is it going to last?