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extinction
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Cave reveals 75,000-year-old Arctic world in Norway
A 75,000-year-old animal community discovered in a Norwegian cave reveals how ancient Arctic species responded to and ultimately failed to survive dramatic climate shifts.
Scientists Uncover Ancient Asteroid Impact Crater Beneath Atlantic Ocean
At a Glance Researchers from Heriot-Watt University have made significant strides in understanding a hidden asteroid impact crater…
Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus
Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Flinders University; Christian Reepmeyer, Deutsches Archäologisches Institut – German Archaeological Institute, and Theodora Moutsiou,…
We almost went extinct.
New genetic evidence suggests that around 930,000 years ago, our ancestors faced a severe population bottleneck, reducing their…