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A fossil trove in China provides a rare window into a mass extinction event that happened more than 500 million years ago
When considering mass extinctions, people often think of the asteroid strike that wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs. But life ...
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...
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Island snails are vanishing as Pacific becomes ground zero for extinctions
Across the tropical Pacific, some of the planet’s most distinctive land snails are slipping out of existence, turning once ...
The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...
About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...
The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. About 445 million years ago, our planet completely changed ...
Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...
Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for ...
Speciation and extinction are the twin engines that have sculpted the diversity of life on Earth. Speciation, the process by which new species arise from ancestral populations, is driven by a mixture ...
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