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    The Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch. These extinctions span...
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  • photographed in 2006. List of extinct animals Extinction event Quaternary extinction event Holocene extinction Timeline of the evolutionary history of life...
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  • concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene together form the Quaternary period. The Holocene is an interglacial...
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    The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw numerous extinctions of predominantly megafaunal (typically defined as having body masses over...
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    in the Holocene List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene List of...
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    This list of African species extinct in the Holocene covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before...
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    lists. Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information. Holocene extinction Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene Settlement...
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    This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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    Thylacine (category Holocene extinctions)
    2003). "Causes of extinction of vertebrates during the Holocene of mainland Australia: arrival of the dingo, or human impact?". The Holocene. 13 (6): 941–948...
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    P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event,...
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    Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the South American continent. The list includes animal extinctions...
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    This is a list of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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    between the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction and anthropogenic global warming, currently causing the Holocene extinction. The current rate of carbon dioxide...
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    Extinction event Extinction Rebellion Global catastrophic risk Great Filter Holocene extinction Speculative evolution Voluntary Human Extinction Movement World...
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    evolution The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History (nonfiction book) Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene Quaternary extinction event Biodiversity...
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    list of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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    Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources Endangered species Endling Holocene extinction List of introduced species Pleistocene Park Pleistocene rewilding...
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    the Solar System Geoengineering Global Risks Report Great Filter Holocene extinction Impact event List of global issues Nuclear proliferation Outside...
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    is a list of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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  • The Sixth Extinction or Holocene extinction is the ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch. Sixth Extinction may also refer...
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    planetary extinction event. It has been suggested that an unprecedented number of species is becoming extinct in what is known as the Holocene extinction event...
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    Mammoth (redirect from Mammoth extinction)
    Siberia became extinct around 10,000 years ago, during the early Holocene. The final extinction of mainland woolly mammoths may have been driven by human hunting...
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    genetic diversity. This process is often referred to as Holocene extinction, or sixth mass extinction. For example, it was estimated in 2007 that up to 30%...
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    Aurochs (category Holocene extinctions)
    southern Sweden during the Holocene climatic optimum until at least 7,800 years BP. In Denmark, the first known local extinction of the aurochs occurred...
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    The extinction symbol represents the threat of holocene extinction on Earth; a circle represents the planet and a stylised hourglass is a warning that...
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    culminate. The present era is classified as part of a mass extinction event, the Holocene extinction event, the fastest ever to have occurred. Some, such as...
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    Elephant bird (category Holocene extinctions)
    the northern to the southern tip of Madagascar. The late Holocene also witnessed the extinction of other Malagasy animals, including several species of...
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  • sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during...
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    This is a list of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years...
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    stream is called a riparian zone. Given the status of the ongoing Holocene extinction, streams play an important corridor role in connecting fragmented...
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