Eli5 Why are women so much shorter than men?

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Eli5 Why are women so much shorter than men?

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In short, hormones. Testosterone itself does not spur height but it does affect HGH (Human Growth Horimone) and IGF-1 (Insulin Growth Factor) which both affect height.

Not sure why so many of the answers here have *nothing* do do with the actual biological reasons when this is tagged ‘biology’.

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