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I believe we were. If you look at the chart in the section "Increase of human height over two centuries" [1], we gained a good 10-15cm on average over the gener
by cm2187 5y ago
I believe we were. If you look at the chart in the section "Increase of human height over two centuries" [1], we gained a good 10-15cm on average over the generation who fought ww2.
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/human-height https://ourworldindata.org/human-height
- jacquesm 5y agoMost of that is nutrition, not genetics.
- bigbillheck 5y agoSure, but from the view of design that's irrelevant.
- jacquesm 5y agoI interpreted the 'generations' as being a reference to genetics, rather than to nutrition, hence the comment.