What is the perfect height? Honestly, this question is very subjective, and if you ask most boys and girls what they consider to be the best for a mate, I think the answer is that the higher the better.
Taking young people in China as an example, most girls think that the most perfect height of the other half may be 180 cm, and when it comes to boys, nine out of ten people will choose 180 cm.
However, judging from the current situation, the reality is too far from the ideal! The average height of men on the mainland is a little more than 170 centimeters, and most people are concentrated in the height of 1.7 meters or less than 1.7 meters.
A net height of more than 175 is already considered a medium level, and a net height of more than 180 is definitely considered a big tall person!
Almost everyone wants to be taller, but not always better!
If you look at it from the perspective of attracting the opposite sex, I personally think that the ideal height for Chinese men should be in the range of 178~183, which is tall and slender, but not too abrupt.
But if you don't consider the influence of courtship, I personally think that 170 cm is actually the most perfect height for men!
In extreme environments (such as war or being in the wilderness), 170 cm is probably the best height!
The taller the person, the more energy they consume on a daily basis!
There is no doubt about it, after all, the weight and volume of the big man are there. By doing the same exercises and movements, the bigger man has to put in more calories and the food they should consume is more nutritious!
In an era of peace and stability, because of the abundant material supply, both large and small people can live a very nourishing life.
But if it is in a period of turmoil, in the case of food shortage, the big man who eats more is very dangerous, and his survivability and life continuation ability are likely to be the lowest!
And in this extreme case, the advantage of a height of 170 is truly reflected!
The first is that the energy needs are not so high, and the right amount of food can feed you, and secondly, the height of 170 is not short, and it has the advantage of size and strength in the face of those really small people.
Therefore, in extreme environments, a person with a height of 170 cm should have the strongest survivability!
A person with a height of 170 is also very good in terms of flexibility and physical agility!
170 cm should be the most balanced height of various indicators of human beings!
How so?
Intelligence and emotion aside, the main thing we judge about a person's physical hardware is his strength and flexibility.
Theoretically, the greater the manpower, the greater the strength. Therefore, people with a height of 180 and above have an absolute advantage in strength, and tall people are better at exerting strength. Of course, the disadvantages are obvious: the lack of flexibility and the high energy consumption.
Let's look at the small people who are more than 1.6 meters and under 1.6 meters, they are completely two extremes from the big guys. Usually short people are more agile than tall people, and they have an advantage in accomplishing certain tasks, but correspondingly, they have the least strength.
The height 170 is the perfect combination of strength and agility!
If 180 and 160 are like two partial students, then 170 is the all-round student!
The criteria for "perfect height" will change in different environments!
Since there are so many differences between countries and races in the world, there is not only one criterion for the "perfect height" we are discussing here.
Like many European countries, the average height of men has rushed to more than 180 centimeters, such as 183 centimeters in the Netherlands, 180 centimeters in Germany, and 180 centimeters in the Balkans in southeastern Europe.
In addition, there are a large number of countries in Europe with an average height of 177~178, such as the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and so on.
The minimum height limit in these countries is very high, and the standard of "170 cm" becomes less applicable!
Why do people grow so tall in these parts of Europe?
Personally, I think the main reason is that they generally live in high latitudes.
Because the higher latitudes are colder and the food resources are not as abundant, people and animals are more inclined to use their bodies to store energy.
The taller the body, the smaller the body surface area, the slower the heat dissipation, which is more conducive to body insulation.
Most of the countries with the shortest average height in the world are concentrated in tropical countries near the circum-equator, and the average height of local men is only about 1.6 meters.
In fact, this phenomenon is the same when substituted for the mainland, the average height of northerners does have a little advantage over southerners.
Even the animals on the north side are bigger than the ones in the south! For example, they are all tigers, and the Siberian tiger is much bigger than the South China tiger!
Although the height of people in various countries and latitudes varies greatly, on the whole, with the abundance of materials and the improvement of technology, everyone's height is basically rising!
Perhaps in a few years, when the average height of most countries in the world is approaching 180, the question may become "is 180 cm the most perfect height"!