these guys passed up Americans as the tallest people on the planet

[Blake]

" AMSTERDAM—Insecure about your height? You may want to avoid this tiny country by the North Sea, whose population has gained an impressive 20 centimeters in the past 150 years and is now officially the tallest on the planet. Scientists chalk up most of that increase to rising wealth, a rich diet, and good health care, but a new study suggests something else is going on as well: The Dutch growth spurt may be an example of human evolution in action....

...Because tall men are likely to pass on the genes that made them tall, the outcome suggests that—in contrast to Americans—the Dutch population is evolving to become taller, Stulp says. "This is not what we've seen in other studies—that's what makes it exciting," says evolutionary biologist Simon Verhulst of the University of Groningen....

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/04/did-natural-selection-make-dutch-tallest-people-planet

[Blake]

Fascinating study in evolutionary biology, tbh.

[RD2191]

The study suggests that sexual selection is at work in the Dutch population, Stearns says: Dutch women may prefer taller men because they expect them to have more resources to invest in their children. But there are also other possibilities. It could be that taller men are more resistant to disease, Stearns says, or that they are more likely to divorce and start a second family. "It will be a difficult question to answer.”

lol hardly evolution

[m>s]

Those guys are like 6ft to 6'1 on average. Pretty impressive considering those are the actually numbers and not the Internet bragging rounded up with shoes and two pairs of socks numbers. They say americans are not that tall but it seems like everywhere I go people are mostly 6ft and up.

[hater]

Norway, Finland, Sweden.

those mofos are huge. Just met a few Swedish soldiers visiting the US and they could have picked up a regular US Army soldier and bent him like a piece of rope

[Infinite_limit]

Americans tall?

Since when. Not with your brown and yellow population

[boutons_deux]

they were impregnated by aliens

[Infinite_limit]

Moral of the story: USA well on it's way to being a short brown asian population. Turkish heaven.

[hehateme]

The study suggests that sexual selection is at work in the Dutch population, Stearns says: Dutch women may prefer taller men because they expect them to have more resources to invest in their children. But there are also other possibilities. It could be that taller men are more resistant to disease, Stearns says, or that they are more likely to divorce and start a second family. "It will be a difficult question to answer.”

lol hardly evolution

I care less about your debates with blake but this is in itself a form of evolution by selective breeding of sorts. No different than what people do to animals and flowers to grow a certain type/species and perfect it over time.

[RD2191]

I care less about your debates with blake but this is in itself a form of evolution by selective breeding of sorts. No different than what people do to animals and flowers to grow a certain type/species and perfect it over time.
so the that's what it is, selective breeding with human intervention. not something that is happening randomly or by chance.

[Infinite_limit]

so the that's what it is, selective breeding with human intervention. not something that is happening randomly or by chance.
Height is noticed before even facial aesthetics. When almost every guy is tall, well educated and has a strong family background, why would a girl choose a shrimp?

[hehateme]

so the that's what it is, selective breeding with human intervention. not something that is happening randomly or by chance.

Nothing happens randomly, you always need a catalyst of some type to push it.

[Avante]

Asia will produce a sub10,00 sprinter either in 2015 or real soon. The thing is black sprinters have been running sub10.00 since 1968. Whites since a few years ago.

I do get a kick out of those who think talking facts about races is racism.

I was in Asia in the early 70's, at 6-2 I towered over those people, I still do.

What does that have to do with the topic, not much.

[Infinite_limit]

Asia will produce a sub10,00 sprinter either in 2015 or real soon. The thing is black sprinters have been running sub10.00 since 1968. Whites since a few years ago.

I do get a kick out of those who think talking facts about races is racism.

I was in Asia in the early 70's, at 6-2 I towered over those people, I still do.

What does that have to do with the topic, not much.
You recognize Black American sprinters will be 2nd class in 100+ years?

[midnightpulp]

Americans tall?

Since when. Not with your brown and yellow population


United States – 5’9.4″
Australia – 5’9.4″
Poland – 5’9.3″

And we can subtract another 2 inches off that 5'9" given the average Pole's poor posture from bending over and cleaning toilets all day.

[The Reckoning]

every dutch person i've met is tall and lanky and speaks like they have a mouth full of cotton balls

[SnakeBoy]

every dutch person i've met is tall and lanky and speaks like they have a mouth full of cotton balls

:lol Used to work with a bunch of Dutch people...this is true :lol

[Malik Hairston]

And we can subtract another 2 inches off that 5'9" given the average Pole's poor posture from bending over and cleaning toilets all day.

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Avante]

You recognize Black American sprinters will be 2nd class in 100+ years?

Actually they get more dominate as time goes on, yep, you're wrong yet again.

[Infinite_limit]

And we can subtract another 2 inches off that 5'9" given the average Pole's poor posture from bending over and cleaning toilets all day.
American height shrinks by the hour as each brown baby is born

[Infinite_limit]

Actually they get more dominate as time goes on, yep, you're wrong yet again.
LOL @ arguing genetic decline and then ignoring Americans because it's your home team. You are a dumbass and bias.

America is turning Brown. How good are browns in athletics?

[midnightpulp]

LOL @ arguing genetic decline and then ignoring Americans because it's your home team. You are a dumbass and bias.

America is turning Brown. How good are browns in athletics?

Summer Olympic Gold Medals:

Cuba: 72 (population: 11 million)
Poland: 64 (population: 38 million)

The yellow Japs and Koreans also stomp Poland at the Olympics.

P:lolland.

[Infinite_limit]

Summer Olympic Gold Medals:

Cuba: 72 (population: 11 million)
Poland: 64 (population: 38 million)

The yellow Japs and Koreans also stomp Poland at the Olympics.

P:lolland.
And how'd Cuba do in the Winter Olympics........?

[Avante]

LOL @ arguing genetic decline and then ignoring Americans because it's your home team. You are a dumbass and bias.

America is turning Brown. How good are browns in athletics?

Dummy right now black males make up about 7% of Americans. Yet they make up 100% of our world class 100m sprinter/NFL cornerbacks, and about 98% of running backs, about 90% of wide receivers and it will always be that way ok stupid?

[Avante]

And how'd Cuba do in the Winter Olympics........?

Nobody gives a fuck about the winter Olympics.

[Infinite_limit]

Nobody gives a fuck about the winter Olympics.
*Browns and Blacks don't give a fuck about Winter Olympics because they are shit in it

Europeans and Asians (only races that matter) care more about Winter Olympics

[Infinite_limit]

Dummy right now black males make up about 7% of Americans. Yet they make up 100% of our world class 100m sprinter/NFL cornerbacks, and about 98% of running backs, about 90% of wide receivers and it will always be that way ok stupid?
Blacks going bye bye. Breeding with Non-Blacks

[apalisoc_9]

And we can subtract another 2 inches off that 5'9" given the average Pole's poor posture from bending over and cleaning toilets all day.

:lmao

[midnightpulp]

And how'd Cuba do in the Winter Olympics........?

How did Australia do? Or the UK?

Countries that don't have a lot of snowfall tend to do not so well at the Winter Olympics.

But you knew that.

[Infinite_limit]

How did Australia do? Or the UK?

Countries that don't have a lot of snowfall tend to do not so well at the Winter Olympics.

But you knew that.
They atleast performed.

Summer Olympics is a charity event. Everybody wins. Boxing [half of Cuba's Gold]? Might as well make Hooliganism an event and Poland would surely medal

[midnightpulp]

*Browns and Blacks don't give a fuck about Winter Olympics because they are shit in it

Europeans and Asians (only races that matter) care more about Winter Olympics

The greatest speed skater of all-time (admitted even by the Dutch coach himself) is a black American.

And he's like the only black ever in speed skating :lol

[midnightpulp]

They atleast performed.

Summer Olympics is a charity event. Everybody wins. Boxing [half of Cuba's Gold]? Might as well make Hooliganism an event and Poland would surely medal

Cuba or Puerto Rico would also crush Poland at basketball.

[Infinite_limit]

Cuba or Puerto Rico would also crush Poland at basketball.
But not at plumbing!

[midnightpulp]

P:lolland

http://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/games/1964-10-16-PUR-POL

[midnightpulp]

But not at plumbing!

:lol You're alright, you Polack bastard.

[Infinite_limit]

:lol You're alright, you Polack bastard.
Haha u too buddy

[Avante]

*Browns and Blacks don't give a fuck about Winter Olympics because they are shit in it

Europeans and Asians (only races that matter) care more about Winter Olympics

When did Europeans become a race? Damn you're dumb!

Ever hear of Jamaica, Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad, East LA, Harlem?

Little man, do you know anything about anything?

[Spur-Addict]

:lmao "Winter Olympics"