Tag: Dominance

One and a Half Head

November 28, 2024 By arne hendriks Off

How does a real small difference in height turn into a fictional much larger difference and why? The measured global difference in average male and female height is about around 7 centimeters. However, in fiction on tv or in film it is almost codified to…

Cumulative Default Yielding Response

October 27, 2017 By arne hendriks Off

Despite the fact that physical dominance is no longer an evident evolutionary advantage and is not very cost-effective people continue to grow taller. Archaic biological systems are replaced by confused growth-obsessed cultural values. Despite evidence that in Western societies being tall continues to be positively…