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The Skeptics Guide #852 - Nov 6 2021

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Average Height of Europeans in the Middle Ages

Average height of europeans in the midle ages was actually greater than in the the nineteenth centuries. Average height not returning to middle age average until late twenth century, and still only slightly less, about one inch, than modern europeans. The myth that all people in the middle ages were really short is a myth. Napoleon was slightly above average height fora french male at that time.

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