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...planet is in the middle of an extinction crisis, the sixth great wave in its history. But unlike major extinction events of the past - like the Permian-Triassic event 250 million years ago, in which 70% of all terrestrial species were wiped out, probably because of an asteroid impact or a similar natural disaster - this time human beings are the cause. Hard numbers are difficult to find, but many scientists believe Earth's species are going extinct at a rate that is up to 1,000 times higher than before human beings came on the scene. (See how animals...
...into animal history in the area, take the road north out of town, then a left on the dirt track to Nieu Bethesda. There, at the foot of Lootsberg Pass (just follow the signs), you'll find the Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre, the world's best record of the Permian period (250 million years ago) when saber-toothed, tiger-sized lizards called gorgonopsians preyed on herds of herbivorous dicynodonts, which had tusks and tortoise-like beaks. Nieu Bethesda has other attractions. The Owl House, decorated with finely ground multicolored glass, was the home and life's work of "outsider" artist...
...Cambrian Ordovician ? First fsh Silurian ? First land plants Devonian ? Tiktaalik ? First tetrapods Carboniferous ? First reptiles ? First mammal-like reptiles Permian Triassic ? First dinosaurs ? First mammals Jurassic ? First birds Cretaceous ? First flowering plants Cenozoic ? First horses ? First monkeys...
...were in England one time, and John was checking the world news and got mad cause they didn't give the Permian scores...
...Odessa Permian 13, Midland Robert E. Lee 7. --By Gregory Jaynes