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extinctions

  1. EnolaGaia

    Societal Extinction (Collective Forgetting About Species)

    An interesting new concept has emerged in discussion of extinctions, extinct species, and human engagement with the biosphere. This is the concept of a "societal extinction" (loss from collective human attention and concern) that is associated with a species' biological extinction in various...
  2. EnolaGaia

    Human Ancestors (Pre-Homo Sapiens): Influence On Animal Extinctions

    This study seems to be the first to yield evidence for the idea that humanity's ancestors (i.e., hominins) contributed to animal species' extinctions, too. Researchers theorize that hominins began with "kleptoparasitism" (stealing predators' kills) before developing the tools and techniques to...
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    Thylacines (Post-1936 Sightings)

    (This thread is, for the moment, just a conglomeration of old ones. Once I've gathered all the stuff from the forum, I'll look to start splitting again and merging between the two thylacine threads. It will take a while, but in the meantime the vast majority of our thylacine stuff will be in one...
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    The Extinction Thread (Imminent & Declared Extinctions)

    Very sad. :( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00304.html
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    The Thylacine ('Tasmanian Tiger' Or 'Wolf')

    General question how many of you believe there is a possibility for the creature to still roam the earth? Scale from 1-10. 10 Being positive 1 being No way. Im going with 10, the world is so vast and there are many remote locations that has not been explored. It is highly unlikely that all...
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    Plant Species Extinctions

    World Plants Near Extinction Close to 50 Pct.-Study Thu Oct 31, 2:21 PM ET By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The percentage of the world's plants threatened with extinction is much larger than commonly believed, and could be as high as 47 percent if tropical species are...
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