Were people back then just shorter because they didn't eat well? What about the average height of the upper classes? Was it the same as it is today?
wasn't henry viii over six feet?
>>2510004
They were shorter because giants were preferably solders and good targets for arrows and bullets. Nothing personal, just evolution.
>>2510004
Perhaps in some cases, yes.
>>2510004
Depends on how you define "back then".
Middle ages had a bump in heights in Europe while industrialization in the 19th left a slump in them. The former was due to climate being warmer and the latter because man those factories and cities were shit to live in.
>>2510004
Wut?
>>2510004
Pope Clement, I'm VIII.