Evolutionary Assumptions About Human Height

With education, cultural assumptions and fairy tale novels and inspiration in that we have quite clear facts: the greater the man, the bigger guy.

Evolutionary assumptions - Moreover, as demonstrated freshest, only this year concluded a survey of Dutch psychologist’s Štulpa and Pollet, to select men, which is higher than the woman who speaks clearly even evolution itself. According to then have (or have) more men greater power requirements, thus also stronger chance of surviving everyday encounters with enemies or wild animals for hunting. Likewise, they expected a greater ability to care and protect the family or a higher resilience. And we put it simply had that at first glance seemed that all this can offer. That reality could be, and sometimes is different, no one denies. But because we still primarily on visual cues, we expect these qualities, abilities and skills of senior men continue. A stop us in that even the stories of heroes such as David who defeated Goliath (you rather think of it, that little man infamous legendary Napoleonic complex, and again we look for someone higher).

The tall man = higher self-esteem - On those to whom we look up, impressed us not only a precondition for their greater physical fitness. We connect to them automatically also more self-confidence, which is based both on how it is perceived by mainstream society, and on the fact that they themselves taller men subconsciously feel a greater advantage over men who are compared with them a few inches shorter.