Do you think Neanderthals were shorter than current-era Homo Sapiens because of heightist hypergamy during the last 100 years?

[MatureDJ]

I was watching this, and it got me thinking:

And here is an article about how soldiers during the American Civil War were shorter than today:

Civil War soldier height statistics – UNREMEMBERED

Posts about Civil War soldier height statistics written by Ken Zurski, author

unrememberedhistory.com

The thesis is that it was only when folks became relatively wealthy (yes, a relative term if there ever was one) that women could afford to be pickier, choosing to pick taller men.

 

[Prepostereax]

Neanderthals were still taller (and way heavier) than their homosapien contemporaries.
Not to mention larger brains.

They were the original gigachads.

There's probably a very good reason why many of us here today possess Neanderthal DNA

 

[sevbucmash]

many of us here today possess Neanderthal DNA

Europeans lost their Neanderthal DNA. Chinese and East Asians have more of it.