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Mass Extinctions, Biodiversity Bursts, And Climate Shifts May Follow A Hidden Pattern That Spans Billions Of Years

Mass Extinctions, Biodiversity Bursts, And Climate Shifts May Follow A Hidden Pattern That Spans Billions Of Years

Earth’s history is divided up into different geological wedges of time, wedges we like to call things like epochs, periods, and eons. They’re defined by events that shaped the planet (think big extinctions and biodiversity booms), and it’s generally been accepted that the boundaries between them are randomly distributed.  The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign …

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