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Read the paper. The fossil record is very incomplete, only a handful of species are known from it compared to the abundance of variations that have ever existed
by throwuwu 3y ago
Read the paper. The fossil record is very incomplete, only a handful of species are known from it compared to the abundance of variations that have ever existed. We have evidence of mass extinctions far greater than that caused by humans but there were many smaller scale ones among the background noise of normal extinction.
- robbomacrae 3y agoRight.. but that's why I said "in the future". I know there's little evidence and I commented elsewhere that this paper comes to the same conclusion as the Kurzgesagt vid. What I'm suggesting is with future tech we might get a better mapping of these extinctions and the identifiable causes if known. I'm not suggesting we will find fossils that just don't exist.. but maybe getting a better holistic view of each layer around the earth.