The Great Dying once wiped out 90% of life on Earth. A new theory may explain why
Known as the Great Dying, the mass extinction that ended the Permian geological period was the worst of the five global ...
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The Permian extinction—when life nearly came to an end
About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period ... between a dog and a lizard—the synapsids were Earth's first great dynasty of land vertebrates. "We've found fossils of many ...
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The Largest Extinction Event In Earth's History Occurred 250 Million Years Ago
Travel back in time even further to around 250 million years ago, and the Great Dying – more formally known as the ...
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The Triassic Period: the rise of the dinosaurs
The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, took place roughly 252 million years ago and was one of the most significant events in the history of our planet. It represents ...
Fossils reveal rapid land recovery after end-Permian extinction around 252 million years ago
Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...