Somalia was the tallest nation in the world till 1910 before the occupation by italy and britain occured

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[Lightshow]

We still have those giant genes, just laying dormant for the time being. Good nutrition, gluten free diet, low sugar, plenty of vitamin D, exercise and overall healthy living will allow those genes to manifest.

 

[Garaad Awal]

Somalia didn’t exist in 1910, how could it have been the tallest nation?

 

[Killamenace78]

Somalia didn’t exist in 1910, how could it have been the tallest nation?

Somalis were the tallest ?

 

[Xeda]

These cadaans brought over their shit diet to us, now all Somalis eat is canjéero baris baasto sweets etc and they become skinny fat/unhealthy, we need to bring back our old diet that had protein diary nutrients etc

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

172. cm is what? 5 foot 7?

Was that considered tall in the 1900s? War ba'a.

 

[Emir of Zayla]

Somalia didn’t exist in 1910, how could it have been the tallest nation?

Lemme guess tho, Somaliland did? You people are insufferable

 

[Yami]

172. cm is what? 5 foot 7?

Was that considered tall in the 1900s? War ba'a.

5'5 was the average male height in most of the world until the industrial revolution. Height levels scored with better food production until things stabilized in the 1950's with 5'10/5'11 averages nowadays.

 

[Riftvalley]

5'5 was the average male height in most of the world until the industrial revolution. Height levels scored with better food production until things stabilized in the 1950's with 5'10/5'11 averages nowadays.

That’s interesting, and it would explain why those remains of 6ft2 Madanle in Northern Kenya (Greater Somalia) were remembered as ancient agents.

I think some of the ancient tribes remembered as giants in ancient Somalia would have been these agro pastoral tribes who had an abundance of water, milk and meat.