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Comment author: kodos96 15 August 2010 03:43:31AM *  1 point [-]

Technically we are losing species at the sort of rate that appeared during previous mass extinctions.

I don't have a good cite handy, but I've read enough on the subject over the years to say confidently that, technically, no, this is just not the case.

Comment author: JanetK 15 August 2010 10:15:52AM 3 points [-]

Here are some links to numbers and graphs:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/03/2/l_032_04.html

http://www.whole-systems.org/extinctions.htmls

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Sixth_Great_Extinction

The rate to extremely high and that rate will continue (probably increase) if nothing is done.

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