MINNEAPOLIS — Giant armor-clad amoebas that once swam Paleozoic seas may have owed their monstrous size to something in the water: oxygen.
GOT OXYGEN? Fossil shells of Paleozoic amoebas, like the one shown here, grew to giant proportions as oxygen levels rose, suggesting that the gas fueled the creatures’ evolution.
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