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Re: [Phys-l] Extinction of Species



"... 'Although the researchers did not venture a prediction of when the next
peak in turnover rates would be, extrapolation from the historical figures
they provided suggests it would come in slightly under 600,000 years.'"

That is until that earth's cancer called man appeared.

bc



Brian Whatcott wrote:

"Wobbles in the Earth's orbit may explain the puzzling regularity with which
new mammalian and other species appear and vanish in the fossil record,
a study has found.

Mammalian species tend to survive for an average of 2.5 million years before


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Although the researchers did not venture a prediction of when the next
peak in turnover rates would be, extrapolation from the historical figures
they provided suggests it would come in slightly under 600,000 years."

[Nature Oct 12th, as reported by World-Science.]

, Jan van Dam of Utrecht Uni­ver­si­ty
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Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!

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