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fragmedetoday at 2:06 PM1 replyview on HN

The atmosphere is believed to be more oxygen rich back then, in order for those dragonflies to exist.


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boxedtoday at 2:11 PM

That seems to not be the reason from the latest data. Insect oxygen transfer basically doesn't scale cleanly with oxygen in the atmosphere like the original hypothesis thought.

What IS true though is that pterosaurs and later birds and bats came onto the scene, and that's just game over for giant dragonflies.

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