How the age of mammals could end

Throughout the past 500 million years, our planet has experienced a total of five mass extinctions. One of these – the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event – led to the demise of roughly 90% of Earth’s species.

Most of these events have coincided with the formation of a supercontinent, where Earth’s tectonic plates slowly come together and combine.

Scientists predict that Earth’s continents will again merge together in 250 million years to form a supercontinent called “Pangea Ultima”. It will be centred…

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