Earth's Mass-Extinction Events: Explained

99% of all species that ever lived are gone. Are we next? In this deep-dive into Earth's violent history, we investigate the "Big Five" mass extinctions from the asteroid that incinerated the dinosaurs to the volcanic "mother of all extinctions" that nearly wiped out life on earth.

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