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Humans Are The Smartest And Dumbest Animal Of All Time, Argues BiologistIdiot conspiracy theorists wearing tin foil hats

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Humans Are The Smartest And Dumbest Animal Of All Time, Argues BiologistIdiot conspiracy theorists wearing tin foil hats
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Humans Are The Smartest And Dumbest Animal Of All Time, Argues Biologist

clock-iconDecember 10, 2025
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The Ordovician Mass Extinction Killed 85 Percent Of Life On Earth In A Totally Unique WayThe Ordovician period saw some deep-sea weirdos changing and diversifying at a rate rarely seen before.

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The Ordovician Mass Extinction Killed 85 Percent Of Life On Earth In A Totally Unique WayThe Ordovician period saw some deep-sea weirdos changing and diversifying at a rate rarely seen before.
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The Ordovician Mass Extinction Killed 85 Percent Of Life On Earth In A Totally Unique Way

clock-iconMay 26, 2025
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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And OrdovicianAfter the most recent supernova visible to the naked eye, the only consequence for Earth is this distant remnant, but something similar 2,000 times closer could have caused a mass extinction.

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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And OrdovicianAfter the most recent supernova visible to the naked eye, the only consequence for Earth is this distant remnant, but something similar 2,000 times closer could have caused a mass extinction.
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Supernovae Blamed For 2 Of Earth’s Mass Extinctions, The Devonian And Ordovician

clock-iconMarch 17, 2025
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The Largest Extinction Event In Earth's History Occurred 250 Million Years AgoThe imprint of the ancient trilobites in a stone.

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The Largest Extinction Event In Earth's History Occurred 250 Million Years AgoThe imprint of the ancient trilobites in a stone.
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The Largest Extinction Event In Earth's History Occurred 250 Million Years Ago

clock-iconNovember 9, 2024
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To Prevent The Sixth Mass Extinction These Are The Havens We Must ProtectTamaraw on a rocky hillside

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To Prevent The Sixth Mass Extinction These Are The Havens We Must ProtectTamaraw on a rocky hillside
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To Prevent The Sixth Mass Extinction These Are The Havens We Must Protect

clock-iconJune 26, 2024
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The “Age Of Snakes” – How Dinosaur Mass Extinction Let Snakes Feast On New Diverse Dietsyellow and black snake with its mouth wide open coiled up on a branch against a green backdrop

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The “Age Of Snakes” – How Dinosaur Mass Extinction Let Snakes Feast On New Diverse Dietsyellow and black snake with its mouth wide open coiled up on a branch against a green backdrop
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The “Age Of Snakes” – How Dinosaur Mass Extinction Let Snakes Feast On New Diverse Diets

clock-iconDecember 6, 2023
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Planet Earth Has A “Pulse”, With 27.5 Million Years Between Beats3D illustration of Earth, with a shadow over the left-hand side, demonstrating day and night.

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Planet Earth Has A “Pulse”, With 27.5 Million Years Between Beats3D illustration of Earth, with a shadow over the left-hand side, demonstrating day and night.
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Planet Earth Has A “Pulse”, With 27.5 Million Years Between Beats

clock-iconNovember 11, 2023
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Human-Driven Extinction Is Eliminating Entire Branches Of The Tree Of LifeBottom-up view of a tree with many winding branches and green leaves.

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Human-Driven Extinction Is Eliminating Entire Branches Of The Tree Of LifeBottom-up view of a tree with many winding branches and green leaves.
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Human-Driven Extinction Is Eliminating Entire Branches Of The Tree Of Life

clock-iconSeptember 20, 2023
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Flowering Plants Survived The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out The DinosaursBeautiful pink and white magnolia flowers

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Flowering Plants Survived The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out The DinosaursBeautiful pink and white magnolia flowers
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Flowering Plants Survived The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out The Dinosaurs

clock-iconSeptember 13, 2023
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Ancient Megafauna Were Likely Killed By Human-Set Fires 13,000 Years AgoA photo of La Brea Tar Pits, California, showing a replica prehistoric elephant being sucked into the tar.

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Ancient Megafauna Were Likely Killed By Human-Set Fires 13,000 Years AgoA photo of La Brea Tar Pits, California, showing a replica prehistoric elephant being sucked into the tar.
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Ancient Megafauna Were Likely Killed By Human-Set Fires 13,000 Years Ago

clock-iconAugust 22, 2023
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Nearly 50 Percent Of All Species On Earth Are Sliding Towards ExtinctionSnow leopard endangered species

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Nearly 50 Percent Of All Species On Earth Are Sliding Towards ExtinctionSnow leopard endangered species
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Nearly 50 Percent Of All Species On Earth Are Sliding Towards Extinction

clock-iconMay 24, 2023
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Cheating Accusations Challenge Paper Revealing The Season The Dinosaurs DiedFire and lightning as diosaurs flee with molten rock flingin about depicting the dinosaur-killing asterod ans the day the dinosaurs died

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Cheating Accusations Challenge Paper Revealing The Season The Dinosaurs DiedFire and lightning as diosaurs flee with molten rock flingin about depicting the dinosaur-killing asterod ans the day the dinosaurs died
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Cheating Accusations Challenge Paper Revealing The Season The Dinosaurs Died

clock-iconDecember 7, 2022
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TWIS: Gigantic 4-Meter-Long Extinct Turtles, We May Have Already Discovered Wormholes In Space, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.

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TWIS: Gigantic 4-Meter-Long Extinct Turtles, We May Have Already Discovered Wormholes In Space, And Much More This WeekAll the biggest science news stories of the week.
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TWIS: Gigantic 4-Meter-Long Extinct Turtles, We May Have Already Discovered Wormholes In Space, And Much More This Week

clock-iconNovember 18, 2022
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Earth May Have Had A Hidden 6th Mass Extinction That Was Actually The Firstthe impression of an extinct animal is visile in this rock. It it round with ridges.

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Earth May Have Had A Hidden 6th Mass Extinction That Was Actually The Firstthe impression of an extinct animal is visile in this rock. It it round with ridges.
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Earth May Have Had A Hidden 6th Mass Extinction That Was Actually The First

clock-iconNovember 17, 2022
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Tree Roots Probably Caused Multiple Mass Extinction EventsTree roots mass extinction events

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Tree Roots Probably Caused Multiple Mass Extinction EventsTree roots mass extinction events
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Tree Roots Probably Caused Multiple Mass Extinction Events

clock-iconNovember 14, 2022
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