It has been a "monumental task" to test models of the social organization of early members of the human family, known as hominins, says Matt Sponheimer, a co-author of the new study and a paleoanthropologist at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
It turns out that it's a monumental task to change the design of vehicles, and they don't have the luxury of scrapping existing designs and starting over.
That includes more than 12,000 workers throughout various field offices, which is kind of a monumental task for an organization.
The founders of Fairphone said from the word go that creating a totally fair phone would be a monumental task, because of the labyrinth of suppliers and companies involved.
The airlines have baulked at such a monumental task because of the cost.
Moreover, identifying and preventing such terrorists in advance of such small-scale attacks is a monumental task because most of these individuals have no prior links to terrorism and therefore are not on the radar of the law enforcement and counterterrorism communities.
She has taken on a monumental task: at the peak of the crisis, this time last year, Pikpa was hosting 600 refugees a day, despite a capacity of just 150, and distributing more than 2,000 meals each day.
The Federal Aviation Administration, another agency within the Transportation Department, faces a monumental task in replacing its aging work force of air traffic controllers, and improving air traffic control.
Only one thing is sure - unpicking Britain's membership will be a monumental task requiring years of arduous and painstaking negotiations.
As the CDC's associate director for climate change, Luber is in charge of a monumental task: preparing 314 million Americans for the health effects of climate change.
While transitioning a program from one set of funders and managers to another can be a monumental task, the inputs and engagement of those served by the program remain crucial to its long-term success.
