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Mammals Can’t Seem To Evolve Fast Enough

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Our planet has been through five upheavals over the past 450 million years.  During each one, the environment on earth changed so dramatically that most plant and animal species became extinct.  After each of these mass extinction events, evolution slowly filled the gaps in the environment with new species. 

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Wildlife Corridors

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It is widely thought that we are in the midst of the 6th great mass extinction of species on Earth and, unlike the previous ones that were caused by things like asteroid impacts or ice ages, this one is caused by us.  Our impact on the climate, on natural resources, on landscapes and habitats, and more, has wreaked havoc on ecosystems across the globe.

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The Zombieless Apocalypse

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Post-apocalyptic fiction is all the rage these days.  There are numerous stories featuring an endless list of civilization-ending disasters:  asteroid collisions, cataclysmic earthquakes, nuclear wars, supervolcanoes, pandemics…  the list goes on and on.   Most of the time, humanity either perishes entirely, is reduced to a handful of heroic and astonishingly resourceful souls, or ends up inexplicably as zombies staggering around the landscape in search of brains.

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