why is there more dwarfism among humans compared to gigantism?

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Answer 1

Gigantism is much harder on the body than dwarfism, and has a far higher casualty rate. People with gigantism suffer short lives and rarely have children.

Dwarfism, OTOH, is pretty doable. Little people regularly live full lives and often have children, thus passing along the genes for dwarfism.