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Researchers Nathaniel Dominy and Ryan Calsbeek investigated why the already massive Godzilla has doubled in size since he first stomped Tokyo. There isn't one easy answer to why he shot up to a height of 164 feet. Turns out the dinosaur with atomic breath is more complicated than we thought. "[Godzilla] represents a sensational example of evolutionary stasis, second only to coelacanths among vertebrates," the authors said in a study recently published in Science. "Yet, the creature's recent morphological change has been dramatic." Say Godzilla was an actual dinosaur. Dominy and Calsbeek believe he would have been a ceratosaurid and a Lazarus taxon, or a supposedly extinct species that surfaces later (another thing he has in common with the coelacanth). There is no known dinosaur as immense as the latest iteration of the most famous kaiju ever in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. He could have only gotten that big in the wild if he underwent natural selection 30 times greater than usual. That means he grew 30 times faster than any creature that ever existed. That monster needs tons of food, which means...you know. Such a boom in size would have been just about impossible -- even over a hundred million years ago. As a product of our human imaginations, however, Godzilla probably blew up for entirely different reasons. We crave disaster films. All you have to do is look at box office stats any given week to prove that. Behind that is an epidemic of anxiety brought on by both natural and political forces. "Godzilla is evolving in response to a spike in humanity's collective anxiety," they said. "Whether reacting to geopolitical instability, a perceived threat from terrorists, or simply fear of "the other," many democracies are electing nationalist leaders, strengthening borders, and bolstering their military presence around the world."

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