Why Terrestrial Mammals Will Never Achieve the Sizes of Their Giant Ancestors
For more than 150 million years, the earth was dominated by creatures of an unequaled size: dinosaurs. Some, like the Brachiosaurus, exceeded 20 meters long and weighed several tens of tonnes. Well beyond the dimensions of the greatest mammals that have ever existed. However, after their disappearance, some giant terrestrial mammals emerged, reaching impressive sizes … Read more
