How To Go Extinct
Our new evolution simulator reveals that extinction often happens when conditions change quickly.
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Show Notes
To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Extinction: The moment when the last individual of a particular species dies.
- Interspecific Competition: When individuals of different species compete for the same resources or habitats.
- Thylacine: The so-called Tasmanian Tiger, it is one of the largest predatory marsupials; the last known individual was captured in 1933.
- Invasive Species: Any kind of organism that gets introduced to a new environment and causes harm.
- Holocene Extinction: The so-called sixth mass extinction, mostly involving larger animals, that started at the end of the last Ice Age, mostly due to human activity. Extinction rates during this time are 100-1000 times higher than usual.
- Anagenesis: The gradual evolution of a species over time.
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