Sauropods that tower above treetops and tyrannosaurs that make the Earth tremble beneath their weighty footsteps are two iconic dinosaur images. These prehistoric giants have fascinated us for centuries, igniting our imagination and curiosity about the world that existed long before we set foot on this planet.
Among the myriad of questions that arise when we ponder these magnificent creatures, two stand out. Why were some dinosaurs so big? How did their environment play a role in their size?
“We still don’t know much about gigantism in sauropods and in dinosaurs in general,” Andreas Jannel, a postdoctoral researcher at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, says. “It’s a very active field of research.”
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