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In October 2006 Science Daily publicized a study led by Arizona State University staff entitled "Giant Insects Might Reign If Only There Was More Oxygen In The Air." The article claims, "The delicate lady bug in your garden could be frighteningly large if only there was a greater concentration of oxygen in the air, a new study concludes. The study adds support to the theory that some insects were much larger during the late Paleozoic period because they had a much richer oxygen supply, said the study's lead author Alexander Kaiser. The Paleozoic period...was a time of huge and abundant plant life and rather large insects -- dragonflies had two-and-a-half-foot wing spans, for example. The air's oxygen content was 35% during this period, compared to the 21% we breathe now, Kaiser said." This research concurs with the biblical model of the early earth.
Interestingly enough, I made a challenge to the local creationists on another site dealing with such a problem. The moron argued that since Co2 was higher, it was the reason that arthropods got so big. I then challenged him to provide the chemical equations for ATP production with Co2 as the input gas rather then O2. It's been DAYS since he posted.
How does that even SUGGEST anything related to a Biblical model of the early Earth? Furthermore, why isn't
everything bigger due to more oxygen? Why didn't humans grow much larger with more oxygen to fuel larger bodies?
Creationists
will say anything to support their belief regardless of if it makes sense or not.
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