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Re:Dutch went from shortest to tallest in Europe through sex... by econcon on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:25AM (#22405444)
It's been 150 years, roughly 3 generations can fit in that. Also, you are improving average height of population here, so if you simply remove a lot of people with below average height, average benefits a lot.
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Re:Dutch went from shortest to tallest in Europe through sex... by tenant on Monday February 24, 2020 @11:42AM (#22405607)
More like 5 generations but there was no one in charge of this breeding programme. It seems that a lot of Dutch men decided to voluntarily forego sex but to raise the children of women who were breeding with the tall men. And this phenomenon to have been peculiar to Holland. Just doesn't seem believable.
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