extinction
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Lystrosaurus, a tough, plant-eating ancestor of mammals, became one of the dominant species after the End-Permian Mass Extinction around 252 million years ago.
From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026
Later that year, in October, an Extinction Rebellion activist was ordered to pay more than £1,500 for defacing the statue by painting "racist" on its plinth during a climate protest.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
"I think the main problem is that Venice is becoming like an amusement park," argues Paola, an Italian member of the Extinction Rebellion group.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2025
The so-called Fifth Extinction killed 75% of the earth’s species, ending the dinosaur-dominated Cretaceous Period.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025
“Hmm. Extinction is near? She looked up at him. “What’s yours say?”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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