5 periods of mass extinction on Earth. Are we entering the sixth?
- Written by Mirzam Abdurrachman, Lecturer at Department of Geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung
The extinction of dinosaurs is one of the many periods of mass extinctions on earth.www.shutterstrock.com/Jaroslav MoravcikOur earth is very old. Based on the estimation of the oldest rock, it’s around 4.5 billion years of age.
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