Average Viking height was 5’6

[Mr.cope]

Wtf
How tall were the Vikings? The average Viking was 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) shorter than we are today. The skeletons that the archaeologists have found, reveals, that a man was around 172 cm tall (5.6 ft), and a woman had an average height of 158 cm (5,1 ft).

 

[StrangerDanger]

Tall during their time though

 

[Deleted member 13787]

i mog the vikings

 

[Deleted member 10987]

Pure historylet copium
Not even romans were 5'6 but at minimum 5'9 for entering the Legions
Some vikings leader like Rollo were so tall they couldnt ride a horse

So its just some cherrypick study

 

[Chad69]

So?

 

[Chad69]

172 cm tall (5.6 ft)

Huh?172 isn’t 5’6 its close to 5’8

 

[Deleted member 10987]

Tall during their time though

Not even
Hunter gatherers were taller than us

 

[UnderCovrN0rmie]

gotta keep in mind the only people in bri'ain who could write were a bunch of monkcels, and if you survived a viking attack you're going to make them out to be the biggest, deadliest gigachads imaginable

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Yes average height in Europe has increased a lot over the past century to possibly it's peak and started stagnating, if you look at literature from early anthroplogists in the late 1800s most Europeans were under 170cm (with the exception of nordics who were 170-175cm) btw they actually measured people when collecting these results

 

[TUSSELEIF]

They were more like 5’8-5’9 on average, it’s the mainland Europeans and Brits who were 5’6 average

 

[Deleted member 10987]

Yes average height in Europe has increased a lot over the past century to possibly it's peak and started stagnating, if you look at literature from early anthroplogists in the late 1800s most Europeans were under 170cm (with the exception of nordics who were 170-175cm) btw they actually measured people when collecting these results
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It wanst always like this

 

[Deleted member 13787]

Not even
Hunter gatherers were taller than us

cro magnons used to be height moggers, but with agriculture the height decreased

 

[Deleted member 10987]

cro magnons used to be height moggers, but with agriculture the height decreased
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[Deleted member 13787]

This

what do you think will happen to the average height when everyone starts to have a sedentary job?

 

[Deleted member 10987]

what do you think will happen to the average height when everyone starts to have a sedentary job?

Decreasing ofc

 

[Deleted member 6273]

It wanst always like this

 

[Deleted member 13787]

Decreasing ofc

this is why we need to teach and maybe force our kids to do athletic activities, they have to mog future generations

 

[Deleted member 13787]

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we're talking about a really really long time ago, maybe 100 000 years ago, im not sure the exact period

 

[Deleted member 6273]

cro magnons used to be height moggers, but with agriculture the height decreased
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All that matters is nutrition and how much you get of it, people are taller now then they've ever been in modern history despite more sedentary lifestyles

 

[Deleted member 10987]

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Hunter gatherers were taller
Scots were 6'1 on average in the 1600s

 

[Deleted member 13787]

All that matters is nutrition and how much you get of it, people are taller now then they've ever been in modern history despite more sedentary lifestyles

we were taller before agriculture tho

 

[Deleted member 10987]

All that matters is nutrition and how much you get of it, people are taller now then they've ever been in modern history despite more sedentary lifestyles

Hormones + surnutrition

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Hunter gatherers were taller
Scots were 6'1 on average in the 1600s

lol proof of these the absolute tallest pre industrial populations ever measured were Dinkas and some south American tribes which went extinct and they were measured at 6'1 (185cm), both of which are fairly small communities

"Very tall stature is defined here as showing an average height of more than 180 cm in males in a pre-industrial society. Even the tallest Europeans - Scots and Montenegrins - didn't reach such numbers until a few decades ago. In Africa, on the other hand, a few such populations exist. They are usually extremely slender in build, with thin bodies, short trunks, and very long legs. Their stature evolved by natural selection in response to dry heat where sweating is efficient, so that long lean bodies have an advantage. The tallest ever measured are the Nuer, where men averaged 185 cm. Dinka, Shilluk, Sara, Makari, and Tutsi are only marginally shorter. Outside of Africa, very tall stature combined with massive, thickset bodies could have been present in some inland Patagonian groups. The natives of Rio Chico and Rio Santa-Cruz reached an average of 185 cm just like the Nuer. Some extinct groups could have been even taller."

Height

 

[Deleted member 6273]

we were taller before agriculture tho

But taller now than ever before at least Europeans

 

[Deleted member 13945]

lol proof of these the absolute tallest pre industrial populations ever measured were Dinkas and some south American tribes which went extinct and they were measured at 6'1 (185cm), both of which are fairly small communities

"Very tall stature is defined here as showing an average height of more than 180 cm in males in a pre-industrial society. Even the tallest Europeans - Scots and Montenegrins - didn't reach such numbers until a few decades ago. In Africa, on the other hand, a few such populations exist. They are usually extremely slender in build, with thin bodies, short trunks, and very long legs. Their stature evolved by natural selection in response to dry heat where sweating is efficient, so that long lean bodies have an advantage. The tallest ever measured are the Nuer, where men averaged 185 cm. Dinka, Shilluk, Sara, Makari, and Tutsi are only marginally shorter. Outside of Africa, very tall stature combined with massive, thickset bodies could have been present in some inland Patagonian groups. The natives of Rio Chico and Rio Santa-Cruz reached an average of 185 cm just like the Nuer. Some extinct groups could have been even taller."

Height

what is ideal diet in ur opinion?

 

[Deleted member 6273]

what is ideal diet in ur opinion?

Not really an expert on nutrition you'll have to talk to my nutritionist @kjsbdfiusdf

 

[Deleted member 14455]

dn read other than @africancel posts

 

[TsarTsar444]

@africancel the average roman legionary was 170cm tall, and they described the Illyrians and Germanics as giants. How is it possible that Nordics would be just 172cm on average then? @Maesthetic

 

[Deleted member 10987]

@africancel the average roman legionary was 170cm tall, and they described the Illyrians and Germanics as giants. How is it possible that Nordics would be just 172cm on average then? @Maesthetic

Some legions/units were 6'0 foot minimum btw
A Roman Emperor was like 238 Cm
Its cherrypicked modern historian copium tbh
Germanics were probably 183 Cm average

 

[TsarTsar444]

Some legions/units were 6'0 foot minimum btw
A Roman Emperor was like 238 Cm
Its cherrypicked modern historian copium tbh
Germanics were probably 183 Cm average

True, Germans were described as Giants, Ceaser said they were very tall people, and he was 175cm. Something is very fishy here

 

[chaddyboi66]

Wtf
How tall were the Vikings? The average Viking was 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) shorter than we are today. The skeletons that the archaeologists have found, reveals, that a man was around 172 cm tall (5.6 ft), and a woman had an average height of 158 cm (5,1 ft).

Looks like you live up to your name.

 

[reptiles]

Wtf
How tall were the Vikings? The average Viking was 8-10 cm (3-4 inches) shorter than we are today. The skeletons that the archaeologists have found, reveals, that a man was around 172 cm tall (5.6 ft), and a woman had an average height of 158 cm (5,1 ft).

I actually mog the god race at something giga life fuel

 

[Deleted member 10987]

True, Germans were described as Giants, Ceaser said they were very tall people, and he was 175cm. Something is very fishy here

And illyrians too
And Vikings were described very tall by other germanics JFL
Even the Franks said Rollo was so tall he couldnt ride a horse
Thats why they called him the walker

 

[Deleted member 6273]

@africancel the average roman legionary was 170cm tall, and they described the Illyrians and Germanics as giants. How is it possible that Nordics would be just 172cm on average then? @Maesthetic

A lot of factors go into this than before the average Roman was like 5'4 to 5'7 on average while Nordics were like 5'7 to 5'9, the legionary were noticeably taller on average than the average Roman, what was the context of the statement, sure in combat they would have come across taller men on average with some being well over 6ft, or generally seeing people taller than they were accustomed to seeing.

All the evidence supports what I'm saying especially in the last few thousand years, most of the anthropological information from the 1600s to the late 1800s and the skeletal remains are in line with what I'm saying.

 

[Deleted member 6273]

True, Germans were described as Giants, Ceaser said they were very tall people, and he was 175cm. Something is very fishy here

Caesar was 5'7 and described as tall by Seutonius

 

[Deleted member 14455]

Caesar was 5'7 and described as tall by Seutonius

Caesar was around 6' and not 5'7 by all the books that i've read based on all the old historian familia.

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Some legions/units were 6'0 foot minimum btw
A Roman Emperor was like 238 Cm
Its cherrypicked modern historian copium tbh
Germanics were probably 183 Cm average

Yes there were obviously outliers who exist who were much taller than average but come on there's no evidence of most of this.

 

[Deleted member 14455]

Caesar was 5'7 and described as tall by Seutonius

google is retarded dam

 

[Deleted member 10987]

Caesar was 5'7 and described as tall by Seutonius

Suetonious is not entirely fiablr

 

[Deleted member 6273]

Caesar was around 6' and not 5'7 by all the books that i've read based on all the old historian familia.

I'm not sure but I doubt he was 6' he would have towered over almost everyone around him, he was tall but never described as a gargantuan figure, average Legionary was like 5'7 and they were taller than average, so Caesar would have been massive in comparison to the average person, which I highly doubt.

 

[Deleted member 10987]

Yes there were obviously outliers who exist who were much taller than average but come on there's no evidence of most of this.

The roman emeperor was Maximinus Thrax

 

[TsarTsar444]

A lot of factors go into this than before the average Roman was like 5'4 to 5'7 on average while Nordics were like 5'7 to 5'9, the legionary were noticeably taller on average than the average Roman, what was the context of the statement, sure in combat they would have come across taller men on average with some being well over 6ft, or generally seeing people taller than they were accustomed to seeing.

All the evidence supports what I'm saying especially in the last few thousand years, most of the anthropological information from the 1600s to the late 1800s and the skeletal remains are in line with what I'm saying.

A legionary was 169cm on average, they described germans and Illyrians as being very tall. That would put them at least at 175cm at the lowest. Still quite close to the 180cm average of germans today.

Also the 1600's were way different then ancient germanic tribal structures, there was no feudalism then, people were more free and had more free meat to eat

 

[Deleted member 14455]

I'll try to look for the actual pages

 

[TsarTsar444]

I'll try to look for the actual pages

He was 6 feet in roman inches, thats actually 5'9 in modern inches. Still not 5'7

 

[Deleted member 14455]

He was 6 feet in roman inches, thats actually 5'9 in modern inches. Still not 5'7

could very well be that i mistaken it for the roman inches (human memory is a joke ngl) he still tower over everyone by any account of any historian.

 

[Deleted member 6273]

A legionary was 169cm on average, they described germans and Illyrians as being very tall. That would put them at least at 175cm at the lowest. Still quite close to the 180cm average of germans today.

Also the 1600's were way different then ancient germanic tribal structures, there was no feudalism then, people were more free and had more free meat to eat

175cm seems feasible imo for the average man, the average warrior would be taller than that which is why it's important to take in the context of the statement.

 

[Deleted member 14455]

@africancel @TsarTsar444 @Maesthetic straight from the: Caesar, Life of a Colossus (arguably the most accurate biography out there on him)

humans indeed want to remember what they want to remember, or the other book said 6' idk. but i'll go with this guy if i had to.

guess we wouldn't really know

 

[Deleted member 10987]

@africancel @TsarTsar444 @Maesthetic straight from the: Caesar, Life of a Colossus (arguably the most accurate biography out there on him)

humans indeed want to remember what they want to remember, or the other book said 6' idk. but i'll go with this guy if i had to.

guess we wouldn't really know

Caesar was a chad
He actually fought on the frontline with his soldiers
Thats why they loved him so much
at a battle in Hispania
His shield was so covered of arrows/Javelins that they said it looked like a porcupine
Also not claiming his blood after battle to show he fought with them

 

[Deleted member 14455]

Caesar was a chad
He actually fought on the frontline with his soldiers
Thats why they loved him so much
at a battle in Hispania
His shield was so covered of arrows/Javelins that they said it looked like a porcupine
Also not claiming his blood after battle to show he fought with them

I like the story where he grabbed a fleeing soldier by the shirt / armor and told him 'the battle is the other way' i wish it's real.

 

[Deleted member 23558]

Ahahahahahaha even their only source of pride was some bald Richard Coper manlets don’t ever bark again blonde cucks