extinction
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Prior to being hunted to extinction about 400 years ago, beavers were widespread across Britain for more than two million years.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
And a sense that this moral fable is playing out in other groups among the 600 or so mountain gorillas who are staving off extinction in their Virunga Mountains enclave.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
That balance changed dramatically after a mass extinction event eliminated much of the competition.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Moreno-Gama allegedly carried documents discussing potential risks that AI poses to humanity, with a section titled: "Some more words on the matter of our impending extinction."
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Before Cahokia's rise, people were slowly hunting the local deer and bison populations to extinction.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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