Dawn of Carnivores Explains Animal Boom in Distant Past

Wednesday, July 31, 2013 - 06:00 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A science team that includes researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has linked increasing oxygen levels and the rise and evolution of carnivores (meat eaters) as the force behind a broad explosion of animal species and body structures millions of years ago.

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