Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one ...
During these waves of mass extinction, most vertebrate survivors were confined to refugia, or isolated biodiversity hotspots ...
About 445 million years ago, Earth nearly wiped out life in the oceans. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...
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Mass extinction helped jawed vertebrates rise, study finds
About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...
Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...
Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...
In a new Science Advances study, researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) have now proved that ...
Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...
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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What really caused the five mass extinctions in Earth’s history
Nearly all life that ever existed on Earth eventually disappeared. Five known mass extinctions wiped out up to 96 percent of species in sudden, catastrophic events. While mainstream science favored ...
During a geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over the supercontinent Gondwana, drying out many of the vast, shallow ...
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