A giraffe in the wild is the equivalent of a really tall person in society. Given that this blog is about all things tall, it wouldn’t be complete without at least one article about the tallest living animal in the world: the giraffe. Not to forget also that the giraffe is the spirit animal for most tall people. Before I started my research for this blog post I thought this … [Read more...]
A Century of Trends in Adult Height
An exciting research study titled 'A century of trends in adult human height' recently came out. The study re-analysed a staggering 1,472 population-based studies, with measurement of height of more than 18.6 million participants to estimate the mean height for people born between 1896 and 1996 in 200 countries. A summary of the study results are presented below. People … [Read more...]