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

Knowing that people with gigantism often died young, Hunter offered to buy his corpse.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023

Whether studying the genetics of a whale’s magnitude ever helps to fight disease, the mystery of their gigantism is certainly a topic of public interest.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2023

I walk to Mom and Dad’s bedroom with the evidence of my gigantism still on my back.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson