gigantism
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Island gigantism occurs when animals isolated on islands become much larger than related species on the mainland.
From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026
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
Since then, scientists who have studied his skeleton have determined that he had a tumor that caused acromegaly and gigantism, conditions in which the body produces too much growth hormone.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 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
