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ehgshgshg
7y ago
So very rare. Mass extinctions, from your number, appear to be a once in a 132 Mya event. [0] Humans have been on Earth 0.1 Mya, 0.2Mya; statistically we'll be around for a total of 0.2 to 0.4 Mya in total. [0][1] Therefore, there is a
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ehgshgshg
7y ago
The Earth has already swept it's region of the solar system clean with prior collisions causing the mass extinctions. There are not an infinite amount of asteroids, and in large time frames you can reduce their numbers. Therefore, we h