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Earth's largest extinction event likely took plants first
January 31, 2019
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New evidence from the cliffsides of Australia suggests that Earth's largest extinction event -- a volcanic cataclysm occurring roughly 252 million years ago -- extinguished plant life long before many animal counterparts. Full StorySource
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