This may cause remarkable growth or shrinkage of the body, particularly in island settings which are called insular gigantism and insular dwarfism. Fossils from the Ice Age are only one source that ...

Otodontidae), and new evolutionary insights into its gigantism, life history strategies, ecology, and extinction, Palaeontologia Electronica (2025). DOI: 10.26879/1502 ...

"We're very insular" and "we don't communicate across boundaries," he said during the all-hands meeting webcast from St. Louis, Missouri, the headquarters of its defense and space division.

"Gigantism isn't just about getting bigger -- it's about evolving the right body to survive at that scale," Sternes said. "And megalodon may have been one of the most extreme examples of that." ...

The new study, "Reassessment of the possible size, form, weight, cruising speed, and growth parameters of the extinct megatooth shark, Otodus megalodon (Lamniformes: Otodontidae), and new evolutionary ...

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It's not good news for directors of gruesome shark films: the extinct megalodon mega-shark may not have been an enlarged version of the bulky great white shark, but a much slimmer creature. This ...

Fig 5 re-produced from Biology of Otodus megalodon by Kenshu Shimada et al. Most Shared ...