Humanheight - Wikipedia.the freeencyclopedia PageI of 17 Human height FromWikipedi4 the free encyclopedia Human height, or how tall peoplebecome, generally varies little betweenpeople compared to other anthropometricmeasures. Exceptional height variation (around20o% deviation from average)is usually due to gigantismor dwarfism. Adult height for one sex in a particular ethnic group follows more or lessa normal distribution. Contents 1 Averageadult heighl aroundthe world ' r 2 HumanHeight Distribution (USA) r 3 Determinantsofgrc*th and height r 3.1Race and height r 4 Processof gro\r'th . 5 Height abnomalities r 6 Role of an individual'sheight r 7 Therole ofheight in spolts r 7.1Soccer . 7.2Cricket r 7.3Rugby r 7.4Football . 7.5Basketball r 7.6 Baseball r 8 Hisroryofhurnan height r 9 Bibliography . 9.1References r l0 Seealso . ll Extemallinl.s Averageadult height around the world Below are averageadult heightsby counfy. 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