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Briefing: Massive insect body size 300 million years ago may not have been due to high atmospheric oxygen

Strategic angle: Research challenges the long-held belief linking insect size to atmospheric oxygen levels in ancient Earth.

Editorial Staff · 2026-03-25 · 1 MIN READ

Earth's environment 300 million years ago was vastly different.

Continents were united in the supercontinent Pangea.

High atmospheric oxygen levels were present, but the link to insect size is questioned.