Are some groups of people genetically fucked or is it just diet stunting growth?

[ElloinmorninJ]

Like if South East Asians, Africans, and so on were fed the same diet American have (high animal protein, high calories) would they grow in height and mass equal to that of Europeans/Nortg Americans? Basically is it nature or nurture?

 

[Orc]

the reason north/western europeans are tall is because their ancestors were tall, they've been above 6' foot since the hunter gatherer days and were just temporally stunted during the middle ages.

the ancient ancestors of modern africans were still short, but there's a few groups that are exceptionally tall, doesn't apply to most of them though, there's not much cross admixture in africa, most tribes don't date that far out.

 

[ElloinmorninJ]

the reason north/western europeans are tall is because their ancestors were tall, they've been above 6' foot since the hunter gatherer days and were just temporally stunted during the middle ages.

the ancient ancestors of modern africans were still short, but there's a few groups that are exceptionally tall, doesn't apply to most of them though, there's not much cross admixture in africa, most tribes don't date that far out.

Aren’t West Africans equal in height to Europeans? At least when being raised in the same environment

 

[Orc]

Aren’t West Africans equal in height to Europeans? At least when being raised in the same environment

no.

 

[ElloinmorninJ]

no.

I looked it up, White Americans are 5’10, black guys are 5’9.5”

 

[Orc]

I looked it up, White Americans are 5’10, black guys are 5’9.5”

americans also aren't white.