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To: HankReardon

I do not believe my ancestors were Apes. I am curious as to how we continue to adapt to gravity and our average height keeps increasing, how tall will we get?


249 posted on 02/08/2005 8:09:40 AM PST by TheForceOfOne (Social Security – I thought pyramid schemes were illegal!)
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To: TheForceOfOne
I am curious as to how we continue to adapt to gravity and our average height keeps increasing, how tall will we get?

Much of our increase in height is based on environmental issues, such as better nutrition, rather than genetic traits. We're not really getting genetically any taller, it's just that due to better nutrition and medical care, we are able to live up to our genetic potential these days when it comes to height.

As for how tall we can get as a species? In Earth's gravity, humans start to develop problems once they get up into the upper 6' range.

293 posted on 02/08/2005 9:02:05 AM PST by Modernman (What is moral is what you feel good after. - Ernest Hemingway)
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