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What Caused the World’s Greatest Extinction?
A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the 10-foot (0.3-meter) predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today’s South Africa. In less than a million years Dinogorgon vanished … Continue reading
What caused the world’s greatest extinction?
Researcher offers new clues to what may have triggered the world’s most catastrophic extinction, nearly 252 million years ago. Geology News — ScienceDaily
Cold extermination: One of greatest mass extinctions was due to an ice age and not to Earth’s warming
The Earth has known several mass extinctions over the course of its history. One of the most important happened at the Permian-Triassic boundary 250 million years ago. Over 95% of marine species disappeared and, up until now, scientists have linked … Continue reading
‘Humility not this govt’s greatest virtue’ says Bersani
IMG title=”” alt=”” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-4ba0ac77ff2e8bccb4cbe9a1e377b6a5.jpg” IMG class=hide alt=”‘Humility not this govt’s greatest virtue’ says Bersani” src=”http://www.mineralfossil.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/wpid-4ba0ac77ff2e8bccb4cbe9a1e377b6a5.jpg” (see related) (ANSA) – Rome, February 25 – The newly anointed government of Premier Matteo Renzi will need help, former Democratic Party (PD) chairman Pier … Continue reading