[DanielMadr]

Originally Posted by pacific84

Interesting stuff.

Funny thing is in America there was actually a slight preference for overweight men in the early 20th century. I'm not talking about a blimp, but if you were slightly overweight or had a paunch in those days it was viewed as a sign of prosperity, you could afford to be overweight, whereas poorer people were leaner. Now it's the other way around, if you have means you can afford to stay healthy.

I think there's probably a social preference for height worldwide and it's genetic, but it's heightened pun intended by the culture. Kind of like how redheads almost never date other redheads, they just wouldn't want to be seen together, whereas a hundred years ago it wasn't so much a consideration.

You should know that there is a possibility that in order to be a Pygmei chief one has to be taller than the rest of Pygmies.

And you should know that in order to celebrate shortness one has to live for centuries in the jungle and be severly malnutritioned.

[pacific84]

Originally Posted by DanielMadr

You should know that there is a possibility that in order to be a Pygmei chief one has to be taller than the rest of Pygmies.

Yeah, but some rich little pygmy sob will be pulling all the strings behind the scenes.