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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    It must be great to have a job making predictions that no one will live to see. #evolution
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    Image of The Curse of Millhaven The Curse of Millhaven
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    Women who are two centimeters taller than average will be seen as caveman throwbacks and enslaved. #evolution
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    SCIENCE #evolution
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    Nice use of chibi picture of ex-model Jean "Phoenix" Grey for the story illustration. #evolution
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    10/20/09

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    And after 100 generations we will evolve into the Morlocks and the Eloi. #evolution
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    2409? That seems a bit specific. They couldn't just round to 2400, or even 2410? do they have a specific date picked out when all the women in the world shrink by 2 cm and gain 1 kg? If they do, I'd love to see a simulation on what will happen on that date. #evolution
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/20/09

    @psychiccheese: The button jeans industry will either experience a boom, or be destroyed, out of fear of a second expansion. Either way, sweat pants? Money in the bank. #evolution
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    Image of Fierock Fierock
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    except this study doesn't predict the social factors or mating rituals of future generations, which may have a continue to have a sexual preference for foxymophandlemamas. Maybe there is a neglected reason that over the hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution society favors skinny tall girls, despite their less hearty child bearing skills. #evolution
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    Image of tammygarrison tammygarrison
    10/20/09

    @Fierock: Good point. And it only explores what is true for one New England community. It does not explore statistics from a broader range of cultures and cultural subsets. I could go into a whole diatribe about WHY this group of women is more likely to have more children and from a younger age, but that doesn't change the fact that sweeping generalizations are probably going to be made about statistics and data that represent only one sliver of world cultures and reproduction behaviors. #evolution
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    hasn't this been the trend since the dawn of the human race? a lot of it is that male preferences, for thousands of years, were selected for males that were attracted to fertile females. the guys that like unhealthy levels of skinny breed themselves out over time. why is it that the fasion industry glorifies skinny, tall women then? well it's not because they're celebrating the female form, or sexuality for that matter. just take a look at the difference between figures that are popular in porn vs. on the runway and it will become immediatly obvious that models are not the apex of sexual appeal for the vast majority of men and with good reason. #evolution
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    Image of Miss_fortune Miss_fortune
    10/20/09

    @tetracycloide: i think its because its easier to cloth someone who is rail thin. you can up the quality of the material if there's less needed for a piece. #evolution
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    10/20/09

    @Miss_fortune: i think it's easier but less from a cost standpoint and more from a design standpoint. if the model has definition and presence of their own then there is less space for the designer to work in. #evolution
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    Image of Miss_fortune Miss_fortune
    10/20/09

    @tetracycloide: basically once they get a good mannequin robot who can walk realistically the models are out. #evolution
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    Image of ejs2000 ejs2000
    10/20/09

    @tetracycloide: "models are not the apex of sexual appeal for the vast majority of men and with good reason."

    The two main reasons:

    1. Fashion models are not intended to be sexy women. They are intended to be walking clothes racks to show off sexy fashion.

    2. The fashion industry is dominated by straight women and gay men. They are not picking models intended to be sexy to straight men. #evolution
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    Image of Golem100 Golem100
    10/20/09

    @Miss_fortune: I once heard a former model say that designers designed clothes to look good on hangers and so used models that could duplicate the look of the garment on a hanger. #evolution
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    Image of Turael Turael
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    I am sure one could draw all sorts of varying conclusions on why shorter, plumper, more fertile (really? more fertile women have more children? I am shocked!) have more kids. At any rate, I will be dead long before my leggy blondes will die off. #evolution
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    Image of evildead1971 evildead1971
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    fat bottomed girls make the rocking world go round #evolution
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    Image of starjade starjade
    10/20/09

    @evildead1971: Long live Freddy Mercury! #evolution
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/20/09

    @evildead1971:
    My name is Belabras and I support this message. #evolution
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    Image of Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip! Belabras: now with Kung Fu grip!
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    I, for one, welcome this brave new world. #evolution
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    Image of Dresan Dresan
    10/20/09

    @Belabras ate my dingo!: Alas, I will probably not be alive to see this wonderful world. #evolution
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    Image of ejs2000 ejs2000
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    And in 800 generations, the average woman will be zero centimeters in height, weigh zero kilograms, bear her first child 400 months earlier and enter menopause 800 months later!

    [xkcd.com] #evolution
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    Image of disatess disatess
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    WOW finally some good news. #evolution
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    Image of 92BuickLeSabre 92BuickLeSabre
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    So my life-long attraction to shorter, curvier women isn't just personal preference! It's supported by science! #evolution
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    10/20/09

    @92BuickLeSabre: Same here. Hooray science! #evolution
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    10/20/09

    In reply to America's Next Top Model Will Be Shorter, Rounder
    See, I keep telling people the short girls get all the guys.... #evolution
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10/20/09

    @redqueenmeg: That might explain the rise of the term "Shorties," right?
    #graspingatstraws #evolution
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    10/20/09

    @Ruthless, If you let me: You might have something there. I always thought it was just because usually the girl is shorter than the guy so it was just relative. Like I call my son Short Stack because he's just under four feet tall, yet he's only four years old so he's really not short.... #evolution
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