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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by pmontra on Monday February 27, 2023 @04:20PM (#34962008)
Anecdotally, in the Milan area in every single generation of people I know, the males are taller than both parents and the females are often taller than their mother.
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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by telotortium on Monday February 27, 2023 @05:09PM (#34962638)
How much taller? People do shrink in height a few centimeters starting at age 40.
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Re:Human height remained unchanged for 2k years in Milan, fi... by pmontra on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @05:52PM (#34976079)
10 cm or more. That's 4 inches. That started with boomers many years ago.
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