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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker

I had thought that humans increase in height had plateaued and had actually started to trend to humans getting shorter...but hey...here you go.

http://www.livescience.com/46894-how...100-years.html

Yes, definitely getting older and fatter, but taller? Nope. I always used to have to duck to pass under a standard doorframe, but not so much anymore...

My guess is it's a gravitational increase caused by rampant obesity. Either that, or the doorframe height standard has been revised upwards.