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  • "Extinctions" [What Have We Done?], and the defence suggested in Part IV that the distribution of Y-chromosome variants reflects the expansion of

    remote central 2009

  • "Extinctions" [What Have we Done?] that whole genera can become extinct.

    remote central 2008

  • "Extinctions" [The Results] the defence will suggest it is even possible that human activity had earlier encouraged the diversity of antelope and gazelle species in Africa.

    remote central 2008

  • Extinctions result in divergence of character traits.

    A Materialist Red Herring 2009

  • Also, spoiler alert—last sentence: Extinctions continued apace and twenty-eight thousand years later the last human, a squalling infant, died alone.

    Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010

  • We already know about past Mass Extinctions caused by impacts with other large objects from outer space.

    Obama to unveil vision for U.S. space program 2010

  • Though universally waifish as upper class SoCal moms can tend to be, they nonetheless all drove up in civilian versions of tanks -- Hummers, Ford Expeditions, Cadillac Escalades -- vehicles that my wife Lilli refers to generically as Extinctions.

    Nathan Gardels: Calabasas's Singapore Complex: Thank You For Climate Change 2008

  • But the choice we face is stark: an Age of Extinctions or an Age of Restoration.

    Kenny Ausubel: The Law of the Land 2008

  • Extinctions of species are constantly occurring at some background rate, which is normally matched by speciation.

    AP Environmental Science Chapter 5- The Biosphere 2008

  • The consequences of global warming are well known, including Infectious Environmental Diseases, Irreversible Ecological Decline, species Invasions, Extinctions and Death, forced Indigenous Emigration and Displacement, a shift in the oceans thermohaline "conveyor belt," etc.

    Charlie Cray: "2, 3, Many IEDs" 2008

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