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Jan 10th: End-Permian Extinction Lasted 10X Longer on Land Than in Water
The biggest mass extinction event on Earth occurred at the end of the Permian period. Now, scientists have found that the terrestrial portion of the event lasted nearly ten times as long as the ocean version.
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