average male height
It has been said that as generations come and go, people grow taller. The major contributing factors for this is better nutrition, economic conditions, advancements in medicine, a higher standard of living and of course hereditary traits. The average male height varies from country to country. The estimated average height for the human male across the world is approximately 5ft 8 1/2in (1.73 m.). According to John Komlos of the University of Munich, North Americans were the tallest people on the planet from about the American Revolution to World War II.