Population Heights and its Relationship with Ethnicity

[Stig]

Assuming "animals" here means for example cows, that'd be one seriously rich farmer.

Not really, I believe about 10 of them have been excavated on just one living hill, and 10 on the next one, and 10 on the next one, etc etc

[Randarkmaan]

Regarding height and ethnicity, I have to agree with many others here that it has more to with your diet than it has to do with your ethnicity (which I don't think matters so much at all). Also several excavations of skeletons in Scandinavia have shown that iron "the mighty tall vikings" were rather short by today's standards (or compared to what they expected to find), atleast most of those skeletons they've found.

[Innocentius]

One interesting thing is that the average length was shorter than ever during the 19th century, because of the bad living conditions people suffered from.
Also, although "vikings" were short, they were actually slightly taller than most medieval scandinavians.

[Ibn Munqidh]

One interesting thing is that the average length was shorter than ever during the 19th century, because of the bad living conditions people suffered from.
Also, although "vikings" were short, they were actually slightly taller than most medieval scandinavians.

What was the average 'Karl's' height during the dark ages?

[IrishArmenian]

Height is a natural adaption to one's sorroundings. Small people keep their warmth easier, while taller people sweat more, cooling themselves down.
Average European>Average Middle Easterner>Average African.

[Innocentius]

What was the average 'Karl's' height during the dark ages?

The average lenght of a Scandinavian male in the period of about 750 - 1050 A.D. was just above 1.75 m (don't know what that is in feet and inches). Scandinavians were actually slightly taller during the period 0 - 400 A.D. (around 1.80 m) while the average medieval Scandinavian male - about 1050-1530, we count a bit differently here in Sweden - would be around 1.75 m. I don't have any statistics on females unfortunately.

Another interesting thing which of course is related to increased average lenght, is the increased average size of farm animals. An early medieval cow or horse (in Scandinavia) was only about 2/3 the size of their modern counterparts. This of course has to do with breeding ans such, but it's interesting to see.