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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnish Swede View Post
    How much of possible variations might become from pure genetics and how much from living environment (incl. food etc.)?
    Probably most related to nutrition. I think I read somewhere that Serbs and Croats in Bosnia are slightly taller than Bosniaks due to pork consumption.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnish Swede View Post
    How much of possible variations might become from pure genetics and how much from living environment (incl. food etc.)?
    In mid 19th century and before, Europeans (including northern europeans) had subsaharan height:
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    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-a...-umHlqhG_UZCqO

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    Btw, plains Indians were giants compared to Europeans when they first discovered North America. Probably due to much higher meat consumption.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Universe View Post
    In mid 19th century and before, Europeans (including northern europeans) had subsaharan height:
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    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-a...-umHlqhG_UZCqO

    Any specific reasons (food) why Dutch curve differs from Scandinavians/Danes since 1960's to present days?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Finnish Swede View Post
    Any specific reasons (food) why Dutch curve differs from Scandinavians/Danes since 1960's to present days?
    The article I linked (below the picture) discusses that.

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    Right, my maternal grandfather was a similar type, Dinarid-Med and he was around 184 cm tall or roughly 6 ft. I would consider that tall or taller than average (not in the Balkans of course).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris596 View Post
    Right, my maternal grandfather was a similar type, Dinarid-Med and he was around 184 cm tall or roughly 6 ft. I would consider that tall or taller than average (not in the Balkans of course).
    I had 2 Dinarid types also from my mother Hungarian sides they reminded me also my Albanian fam in that sense, they were very tall, but the rest of my Hungarian family is rather short.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Götterfunke View Post
    I'm positive the Dutch people would still be the tallest worldwide (even taller than people in the Dinaric Alps) if the Netherlands had closed their borders 100 years ago.
    No they would not. Dutch were among shortest Europeans century ago and skyrocketed in height due to dietary improvments.
    Dinaric alps people are tallest Europeans despite many still don't have optional diet like NW Europeans.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheMaestro View Post
    I had 2 Dinarid types also from my mother Hungarian sides they reminded me also my Albanian fam in that sense, they were very tall, but the rest of my Hungarian family is rather short.
    It's exactly like this in my family too Now wonder why I'm E-V13 and mainly B A L K A N

    So the Balkans is kind of an excuse, people in the South can be tall as well.

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    Tallest young people in Europe and possibly the world live in southern Croatia. And that is Med coast so southern European as it gets.

    The results show that young men from Dalmatia are currently the tallest in the world in the age category of 18 years
    https://peerj.com/articles/6598/



    But, southern Croats and SW Slavs in general are genetically more northern than southern European.

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