the tallest people in pre-modern world were like 5'8" on average
that's now below average in every high-income country
most of that is due to fossil fuels doing our manual labor and large amounts of food, but some of it is also due to medical advances (for instance ivermectin reducing parasite burden)
genes are pretty irrelevant to most things
the tallest people in pre-modern world were like 5'8" on average
that's now below average in every high-income country
most of that is due to fossil fuels doing our manual labor and large amounts of food, but some of it is also due to medical advances (for instance ivermectin reducing parasite burden)