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Species are disappearing at more than100 times the natural rate, according to Stanford University's Paul Erhlich, who said it was yet more evidence the world is facing a sixth mass extinction.
The Late Devonian mass extinction (roughly 372 million years ago) was one of five mass extinctions in Earth's history, with roughly 75% of all species disappearing over its course
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Fossil remains of the new species were found near Chongqing and Wuhan and analysed by researchers led from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.