gigantism

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The main limitation of this work is the lack of discussion comparing the team's results with the development of gigantism and long limbs in proboscideans from the same period, according to eLife's editors.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023

The ability to continue growing throughout the year may have been a key innovation, sustained by great migrations, that facilitated the emergence of gigantism in early sauropods.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

It shows that gigantism in marine turtles developed independently in separate Cretaceous lineages in North America and Europe.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

The strange pairing of ferocity and joy, like everything else Donald did with so much intensity in the Super Bowl, cut through all the overhyped gigantism of the occasion with memorable physical detail.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

Like the buildup of super-tall skyscrapers along the Asian rim in our own time, architectural gigantism followed the accumulation of sufficient money and political confidence to make such gestures.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro