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The higher temperatures promote algae growth by allowing their metabolisms to shift into overdrive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2026

The authors also contest Herculano-Houzel's assumption that one can predict different dinosaurs' metabolisms, aging rates and other life history traits based on the existing data.

From Salon • May 4, 2024

They can't support animal life, and are populated primarily by microbes and some very specialized fungi with different metabolisms than creatures in oxygen-rich environments.

From Science Daily • Feb. 16, 2024

"We're pretty sure that sulfur played an important role in really early metabolisms."

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

By then, our metabolisms were high enough to keep us conscious and alive.

From Perfect Control by Stockham, Richard