Re: Human length and diet/medicine VS "evolution"


unrestrained wrote:

The Japanese have grown about 4 inches since WWII; diet is a good guess
for its cause.

Diet is not a good guess.

It's doubtful that ethnic European have evolved a
similar amount since medieval times, altho we have grown.

Have you never heard the story which I mentioned above:
" A suit of armor from the middle ages in Europe is
now about the size for a 12 year old boy. " ??

Numerous studies have confirmed that malnutrition can stunt growth.

That is the growth of one individual. Did you catch the story about
the boxer's ears?
If an individual is stunted by malnutrition or has one arm amputated
there is no effect on the genetics in his sperm. If he shaves his
head, his sons will not be born bald. Why is that so difficult?

Doug Chandler

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