Scientists: Oxygen "Fueled" Evolution of Complex Life

Writing at the tail end of Cenozoic Era, Dante wouldn't have progressed very far in composing his poetry if the oxygen content of the late medieval Italian atmosphere were too low to sustain life. Oxygen was a condition for his work. However, nobody would say that it "fueled" Dante's creativity. Maybe his love for Beatrice did.

Yet over at Science Daily we find another retelling of the oxygen theory of the Cambrian explosion, with the vital gas as the "fuel" for evolution's creativity ("Oxy...