Extinction Level events have happened throughout Earths living history. In a paragraph or more...please explain how these events can occur but then result in more life and greater diversity of species afterwards. Include in your answer what types of theories have been used to explain such events.
Extinction Level events have happened throughout Earths living history. In a paragraph or more...please explain how these events can occur but then result in more life and greater diversity of species afterwards. Include in your answer what types of theories have been used to explain such events.
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Extinction Level events have happened throughout Earths living history. In a paragraph or more...please explain how these events can occur but then result in more life and greater diversity of species afterwards. Include in your answer what types of theories have been used to explain such events.
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Throughout geologic history, extinction events occurred. Mass extinction is an event in which almost half of the species extinct in a short time. The event that happened 250 million years ago is the biggest mass extinction in the history of earth in which causes the extinction of almost 95% of marine and 70% of land species.
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