Describe the breeding program initiated by King Frederick William of Prussia in the early 1700s to supply tall soldiers

to the Potsdam Grenadier Guard. Was it successful? Why or why not?What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER: Frederick William was obsessed with having giants in his Potsdam Grenadier Guards,
so he decided to breed giants to serve in his unit. He ordered that every tall man in the
kingdom marry a tall, robust woman, expecting that the offspring would all be tall
and that some would be giants. Unfortunately, his expectations fell far short of
reality. Not only was his program slow (with humans, it takes 18 to 20 years to
produce mature adults), but most of the children were actually shorter than their
parents. This human breeding experiment ended shortly after the king’s death in
1740.

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