The science of human height is a fascinating subject. Follow along as we discuss biomechanics, scaling laws, longevity, evolution, and growth all in the context of human height.
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![Height and Dumbell Lifting](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
How does height affect weightlifting ability? Do tall people or short people have the upper hand? The calculator and explanation ...
Height and Weightlifting Ability: The Short and Tall of It
![Height and Cancer: Tall People, More Cells, and Cancer Genes](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Both increased height and good health require good nutrition. From this alone, it would follow that tall people, such as ...
Height and Cancer: Tall People, More Cells, and Cancer Genes
![6'9 Guy Riding Titanium Custom Bike](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Height affects performance in most sports. This is particularly true for competitive cycling. During cycling, the contraction of muscles supplies ...
How your Height Affects Cycling Performance
![tall people have slower reflexes](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Tall people are less likely to slap a mosquito before it draws blood. This is because we tend to have ...
Tall People Have Slower Reflexes
![Square-Cube Law and Human Height](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The words tall and short refer to the vertical extent of something. So we call a person with a greater ...
Square-Cube Law and Human Height
![The Evolution of Height](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
Increased human height, in its most profound sense, represents a genetic variation upon which natural selection may act. If it ...
The Evolution of Height
![Girls 2 to 20 years growth chart](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
A growth chart (see bottom of page) is helpful for checking if a child's growth is within normal limits as ...
Growth Chart: Child from Birth to 20 years, Boys and Girls
![Height Converter: Height to cm or feet inches](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The below height converter switches height to cm from feet and inches. It also converts height to feet inches from ...
Height Converter: Height to cm or feet inches
![Proportional Human Height and Shape](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The word proportional is a rather common one. It is used a lot in the context of human height and ...
Proportional and Human Height
![Tall Definition](http://tall.life/wp-content/plugins/pt-content-views-pro/public/assets/images/lazy_image.png)
The point of this article is to come up with a tall definition, or at least possible tall definitions. If you ...