If taller men have been seen as more desirable since ancient times, why is it still so uncommon to be tall as a man? Wouldn’t society weed out shorter men through time?

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All love for my short kings

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Humans are steadily becoming taller over – even historical – time. There could be a selection component (tall people getting laid more and thus breeding more), but also there’s way less malnutrition for pregnant women and children nowadays.

That said, men that are tall *in comparison* are supposedly attractive. Meaning, if you’re medium heigh now, you’re medium height now, doesn’t matter if you would be considered “tall” in ancient Rome. Plus of course the population matters.

So there. Go find a time machine to go someplace or sometime where you’re the tall guy.

EDIT: huh, Hausa people aren’t *that* tall, I guess my anecdotal evidence wasn’t representative.