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Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth's largest mass extinction

Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth's largest mass extinction
science8/11/2025

An international team of paleontologists has spent more than 15 years excavating and studying fossils from Africa to expand our understanding of the Permian, a period of Earth's history that began 299 million years ago and ended 252 million years ago with our planet's largest and most devastating mass extinction.

This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Jacqueline Lungmus, an assistant professor of geosciences at the Univ... [5712 chars]