10/27/2026
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We May Be Living Through a Sixth Mass Extinction—but Scientists Think Some of the First Five Never Happened

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We May Be Living Through a Sixth Mass Extinction—but Scientists Think Some of the First Five Never Happened
New AI-powered research questions whether a majority of Earth’s mass extinctions were as abrupt as previously believed.
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