From small to the great
Who said that the Chinese - low? It is in this country live in the highest woman and the highest man on Earth. According to the Guinness Book of Records, in 2005, the highest on the planet was found 55-year-old Xi Shun from the province of Inner Mongolia. His height is 236.1 cm - 2 millimeters more than the previous world record holder Tunisian Radwan Sharbiba. About four years ago, the Algerian news agency APS reported on Munir Furare whose growth was reportedly 244 cm but for whatever reasons, Munir was unable or unwilling to apply to the record books.

There is no saying, whether correctly it has arrived. American woman, Sandy Allen, for example, official registration of its record in its time it helped a lot. It was she, according to the Guinness Book, remains the highest woman in the world - 231 cm. Sandy was born in 1955 and began uncontrollably reach up from childhood. And terribly worried ... In 1974 she wrote a compiler of the book records: "Needless to say, I practically live outside society. Perhaps, thanks to your book, my life changed for the better. " And the next year, Federico Fellini, who was famous for his passion for the actors with extravagant appearance, suggested that the role of Sandy in the movie "Casanova". Soon began to build and personal life: Sandy met a man who could be her equal, being lower than its total to 2.5 cm is what it means fame.

Although referred Algerian Mounir Furar of lack of demand is unlikely to suffer. He entertained the people at fairs and other mass events. So perhaps, somewhere will find more and new record, now dwells in obscurity. As officially registered cases, the tallest man of all time and people recognized American Robert Pershing Uodlou, born in 1918. He grew up to 272 cm is possible that Robert Uodlou would grow further, if his life was tragically interrupted in 22 years from the absurd ankle injury.

Usually we cease to grow, reaching 25 years. Significant deviations from the norm are the result of the defeat of the endocrine glands - pituitary, thyroid or sex. It is in the secretion: gigantism is produced when too much growth hormone in dwarfism (dwarfism) - little. This is not a hereditary phenomenon, very high or very low, people can appear in any family, and among any people. In general, the highest people in the world - a Tutsi who live mostly in African countries, Rwanda and Burundi. The average height of adult males is 183 cm Tutsi Surprisingly, the smallest people on earth live in neighboring countries - in Zaire. This Pygmies mbutsi, among which there are groups where men dorastayut to an average of 132 cm and women - up to 124 cm.

The growth of these two people meet and scope of the human norm. People above 2 m are considered giants, below 130 cm (for women - 120 cm) dwarfs. The smallest adult world - Indian, Gul Mohammed, his height - 57 cm.