Giant Insects Shrunk As Birds Entered Prehistoric Skies

from Live Science

Jennifer Welsh, LiveScience Staff Writer
Date: 04 June 2012 Time: 03:00 PM ET
Millions of years ago, oversized insects like griffinflies boasting wingspans comparable to today’s hawks scuttled across (and fluttered above) the planet. But why these jumbo jets of the insect world shrunk to modern size has remained a mystery, until now.
Turns out, as dinosaurs evolved flight and eventually took to the skies as birds, they beat down the huge insects already living there, effectively putting a cap on insect size through predation and competition in the prehistoric skies, as birds developed into sophisticated flying machines. . . .Read Complete Report

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