gigantism
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These animals are a famous example of "polar gigantism," a phenomenon where certain organisms in polar regions, such as the Arctic and Antarctic, grow to much larger sizes than their relatives in warmer climates.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 18, 2024
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
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
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