When will the next mass extinction occur? - Borths, D'Emic, and Pritchard
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About 66 million years ago, a terrible extinction event wiped out the dinosaurs. But it wasn’t the only event of this kind -- extinctions of various severity have occurred throughout the Earth’s history -- and are still happening all around us today. Borths, D'Emic, and Pritchard give a quick history of mass extinctions.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Mattew Borths, Michael D'Emic, Adam Pritchard
- Script Editor Alex Gendler
- Director Juliette Marchand
- Animator Guillaume Pallat
- Narrator Addison Anderson
Why do you think it is important for scientists to distinguish between normal background extincti...
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Extinction, as a fact of biology, wasn’t recognized as a phenomenon until the late 18th century a...
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Environmental change is a normal part of earth history and has been the cause of many extinctions...
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