How survivors spanned the globe after Earth's biggest mass extinction

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Mar 26, 2025, 2:33 pm258 ptsTop
Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction—the most extreme event of its kind in Earth's history.

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