Best Article on Human Height Over the Years

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  1. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I assume you know of the Mummies of Urumchi? Six and half foot tall red heads found perfectly preserved in Western China from 800-2000BC. Go figure, huh?
     
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  2. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    No surprise, the Vikings basically went everywhere
     
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  3. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Yeah those damn gingers from Europe got around. Even made it to Mexico (Canelo).
     
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  4. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Canelo is basically a brother to the Irish, a true Celtic warrior.
     
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  5. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    People from 16,000 BC are taller than they are today? Must have been a lot of meat back then. I'm not sure if I buy it.
     
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  6. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Here is the white paper:
    [url]http://www.hormones.gr/pdf/Stature_europeans.pdf[/url]

    It seems like the climate levels at the time were such that the hunter gatherer tribes had an abundance of large animals to hunt. When warmer climate forced the animals north, many of those former hunters adapted to the new climate via agriculture, and started moving towards a starch based diet.
     
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  7. louis54

    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Excellent article
     
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  8. BCS8

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    Nice one reznick.
     
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  9. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    It seems foraging is better for the diet than farming, wheat has been the death of us.
     
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  10. Wass1985

    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I suggest you guys have a read of the book Sapiens, a very interesting read on humankind.
     
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