Core77
- Topics
- Features
-
Awards
- Awards
- 2022 Design Awards Results;
- Jobs
-
Firms
- Firms
- Search Firms;
- Firm Projects
- Forums
-
More...
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Advertise
- About
- Terms of Use
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Actually we're not sure what the perfect size is. Sugar consumption (an increase of 2500% over the last 100 years) and overloading on proteins has made us much taller then we are supposed to be if we look at our biology. This is why more and more people are having pain in their ligaments and back problems. A 20% increase in height means a 73% increase in weight while your strength only increases by 44%. The phenomenon of island dwarfism and island gigantism might actually give some insight in our perfect size. When our natural enemies are absent we may grow to our natural height since we don't have to get bigger to be more imposing, or smaller to hide. Homo Floresiensis, lving on the island of Flores up until 12000 years ago was only about 100 centimeters.