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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by oefrha on Monday February 27, 2023 @02:46PM (#34960975)
You have to provide a credible reference for a ridiculous claim like this. Cursory search says Korean’s average height has grown about 6 inches in a century. Two feet or 50% taller might as be a new subspecies.
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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by brianbreslin on Monday February 27, 2023 @03:44PM (#34961610)
Here's an article from a credible source on Korean height. https://www.vox.com/videos/2023/2/23/23611947/world-south-ko...
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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by justinclift on Monday February 27, 2023 @08:48PM (#34964666)
From that article:

> For example, the average South Korean woman was about 4-foot-7 ...

That's closer to 5 feet than 4 feet. And 4 foot 7 is kind of hard pressed to be "around 4 feet", which most people would read as "around 4 foot 0".

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