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RE: Extinct Species
April 1, 2012 at 11:42 pm
(April 1, 2012 at 11:31 pm)Styper Wrote: I don't know where I heard this (might've been in one of Dawkins videos), but it was said that from all the species that ever walked (or crawled Tongue) this planet, 99.8% of them were extinct.
I can't remember if this information is correct, so does anyone know where I can verify this?

Vast majority of species that ever existed is undoubtedly extinct. But the figure of 99.8% is an extremely rough estimate given a decimal place of precision for rhetorical effect rather than convey solid and reliable quantitative determination.



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Extinct Species - by Styper - April 1, 2012 at 11:31 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by KichigaiNeko - April 1, 2012 at 11:35 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 1, 2012 at 11:53 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Anomalocaris - April 1, 2012 at 11:42 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by KichigaiNeko - April 1, 2012 at 11:58 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 2, 2012 at 12:03 am
RE: Extinct Species - by KichigaiNeko - April 2, 2012 at 12:03 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 2, 2012 at 12:06 am
RE: Extinct Species - by BoyWonder - April 2, 2012 at 12:47 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Phil - April 2, 2012 at 8:30 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2012 at 10:11 am
RE: Extinct Species - by BoyWonder - April 2, 2012 at 10:20 am
RE: Extinct Species - by FallentoReason - April 2, 2012 at 11:57 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Phil - April 2, 2012 at 11:59 am
RE: Extinct Species - by FallentoReason - April 2, 2012 at 12:03 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Phil - April 2, 2012 at 12:11 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Anomalocaris - April 2, 2012 at 10:27 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Phil - April 2, 2012 at 10:35 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 2, 2012 at 10:38 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Phil - April 2, 2012 at 10:40 am
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 2, 2012 at 10:42 am
RE: Extinct Species - by BoyWonder - April 2, 2012 at 11:17 am
RE: Extinct Species - by BoyWonder - April 2, 2012 at 3:14 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Styper - April 2, 2012 at 3:28 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by Gooders1002 - April 2, 2012 at 6:17 pm
RE: Extinct Species - by BoyWonder - April 3, 2012 at 7:52 am
RE: Extinct Species - by orogenicman - April 8, 2012 at 4:52 pm

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