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Re:When sexual selection can lead to a decline in the capaci... by bluthru on Saturday May 06, 2017 @01:15PM (#14281264)
Muscle mass is a good thing: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/muscle-ma...

More height means you have more cells that could potentially become cancerous.

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Re:When sexual selection can lead to a decline in the capaci... by qb45 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:59PM (#14282230)
> More height means you have more cells that could potentially become cancerous.

Wow, no shit:

http://www.wcrf.org/int/blog/articles/2015/09/why-taller-peo...

Not exactly the mechanism you proposed, but still...

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