Glaciers played role in ancient mass extinction

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 17:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Nearly 500 million years ago, when nearly all life was still confined to the oceans, 85 percent of marine species disappeared. New research supports a theory that implicates a double punch of climate change.

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