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> Puberty Hasn’t Changed Since the Ice Age As kids have gotten fat puberty is many years earlier. There is no doubt on this [1] They can't pretend they are ta
by aaron695 2y ago
> Puberty Hasn’t Changed Since the Ice Age
As kids have gotten fat puberty is many years earlier. There is no doubt on this [1]
They can't pretend they are talking genetics, i.e. if you made Ice Age kids fat they also would hit puberty earlier, they don't have the data. It's also not how you'd phrase it.
> puberty had begun by 13.5 years of age—only slightly later than most humans today.
This is years later, for girls is currently less than 10. It's also nonsensical since boys and girls differ.
Distribution for girls- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-the-age-at-onset-of-puberty-in-the-longitudinal-study-Histogram-and-a_fig1_23194869 https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Distribution-of-the-age-...
Journal Article -
> Assessing the age of menarche was challenging due to the paucity of female adolescents, but based on the available evidence, it appears to have occurred between 16 and 17 years of age.
It's < 13 now
[1] In the interests of not being a biased cunt, I would say it first was pushed lower with better health, which is a great thing, then society kept on going.
- NotGMan 2y agoMy bro theory is that it's sugar, not that much obesity which is driving it lower. A "perpetual spring" for the human body due to constant fructose/sucrose consumption.
- RoyalHenOil 2y agoAnother potential factor are estrogen-mimicking endocrine disruptors that are found in many widely used plastics.