Why are we so tall?

what is this? finno-ugric Jow Forums meet up photo? :DDD

over a long enough time diets also change remarkably, so yes, a diet does have an indirect influence on which genes get passed on and which not - think: fertility issues due to malnutrition, infant mortality, warfare over scarce resources, and why not even selective pressure over quality of food eg. the women prefer men who bring them grapes in the winter or what not-, but user was absolutely right, a diet has no direct influence over genetic recombination and mutation eg. evolution