2. Why don't we all grow to be 10 feet tall?

Ask Us Anything by Popular Science · Mar 18, 2021 · 13m

Claire is 5'4", and Jess is 6'1", and most of the world is somewhere in between. But why is it that we don't just all end up being 10 feet tall? What's stopping us from growing sky-high?

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