Why Are People The Height That They Are?

[sandyRoe]

Most are between 5' and 6'. Why are we not giants of 12' +, or smaller, say average about 3'?

[grasscarp]

Jenna your story made me remember when I met a tall German man in a club in London and we had a slow dance together. I caught sight of the pair of us in a mirror at the side of the room. We look ridiculous together so that was the beginning and the end of the affair in one dance.