gigantism

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That places them among the top 25% of known cases of island gigantism in birds around the world.

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

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