Interesting that WW2 seems to have actually increased the rate of height increase in Germany, vis a vis Australia where it obviously had the opposite effect (I assume)...
Different selection pressures, I suppose.
I know we got dicked over by rationing a bit (compared to the US, for example), but I very much doubt that would have had as much of an effect as the bombing and occupation of the whole of Germany, lol...
Would be interesting to have a breakdown of East Germany vs West, though, rather than just the total, for that period, because I suspect that might differ quite substantially...
Interesting that WW2 seems to have actually increased the rate of height increase in Germany, vis a vis Australia where it obviously had the opposite effect (I assume)...
Different selection pressures, I suppose.
I know we got dicked over by rationing a bit (compared to the US, for example), but I very much doubt that would have had as much of an effect as the bombing and occupation of the whole of Germany, lol...
Would be interesting to have a breakdown of East Germany vs West, though, rather than just the total, for that period, because I suspect that might differ quite substantially...
Anecdotal evidence: I see no difference between people who were born in East Germany, to me and my Western friends.
We are (almost) all taller than our fathers though. Fathers born in 50s, we in 80s.