
Callooh_Calais
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In previous by-gone eras, there would be a very good reason for women to sexually select for taller mates, in that the environment was rough, size was equated with strength (also important), and hunting and gathering (both activities requiring strong children) were the primary means of procuring food. However, in the age of projectile weaponry such as guns and ammo, what are the evolutionary advantages to being tall? Not only do you consume more resources (which are now far more finite than in previous eras) but you also are a far more likely target of projectile weaponry.
I'd argue that it's probably more beneficial for the human race in the long term to eventually get below 5'4; But due to the ancient sexual preferences of women biologically encoded into their DNA, this will take many mutations to achieved, and thus will not happen for thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years (less generations occurring in more time, too)
Is height destined to become a vestigial trait that will become supplanted by women reproducing with shorter men? Or will height become a maladaptive genetic arms race that, the extinct Irish Elk, eventually lead to our species' demise?
I'd argue that it's probably more beneficial for the human race in the long term to eventually get below 5'4; But due to the ancient sexual preferences of women biologically encoded into their DNA, this will take many mutations to achieved, and thus will not happen for thousands if not hundreds of thousands of years (less generations occurring in more time, too)
Is height destined to become a vestigial trait that will become supplanted by women reproducing with shorter men? Or will height become a maladaptive genetic arms race that, the extinct Irish Elk, eventually lead to our species' demise?