[Frumious Bandersnatch]

Oh I read it properly. And if you want to do an oranges to apples comparison, then you are correct. However, to average in the estimated heights of these people and then compare that with the average height of the modern adult male is meaningless.

As a matter of fact, if you really want to get accurate, average the height of all adult males in the world today. I think that, when the non-caucasoid peoples are also thrown into the mix, you will find that the average height is under 6 feet.

Oh, and BTW, the fathom, which is a measurement devised during the middle ages, is defined as being the average height of a man. Just so happens that the fathom is 6 feet...

[SunkenCiv]

The fathom was the distance fingertip-to-fingertip of a (Viking) man with his arms outstretched.