Why do so many people grow taller than their parents?
I mean I heard that on average kids grow like 2 inches taller than their parents but is that just in the period of tie we are in now becuz we r evolving quickly or has it always been like that? In the next 25 years is the average human heigh going to be for males like 6’8 if we keep on growing so much. I mean did 100 years ago children really tower over their parents in general?
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Susan Yarrawonga (279)
nutrition, better life-style.. maybe the parents didnt reach their full potential.. maybe the kids drunk a lot of cows milk, it releases a lot of GH.. seriously, my 15 year old friend drinks 1L of cows milk everyday and he’s 1.85 (bout 6 ft 1 i think) and his parents are both like 1.70 (bout 5 ft 6 or 5 ft 7)
gens dud
I suppose you’re referring to this theory -
The average boy grows to be the average of their parents’ height +2 inches.
However -
The average girl grows to be the average of their parents’ height -2 inches.
So no, not really – although there is evidence to suggest we are getting taller, it is nowhere near that rate of change.
Well in mideivel times the average man was 5’1" and they know this by the size of the armor they wore. I think the average height of a man now is 5’10" so that is only nine inches in about 700 or 800 years. Some of the shrinkage has to do with people shrink with age so their children will be taller than them. They will always be a bit taller than the parents and not tower over them.