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Earth's sixth mass extinction is underway and "rapidly accelerating," study warns (www.axios.com)

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Earth's sixth mass extinction is already happening — and it is rapidly accelerating, researchers warned in a study out this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal.

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[-] Rayspekt@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

highly successful species

Well let's not get ahead of ourselves. Judging from the current state, the opposable thumb was wasted on us. Should've given it to the Capybaras.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

You have to have some very particular and eccentric standards to judge humans as not being a successful species.

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