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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's the first mass extinction event caused by one of the affected species.

Edit: It's the first mass extinction event knowingly and intentionally caused by one of the affected species.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Also not true, the Great Oxidation Event likely knocked out 80% of the species on earth in the paleoproterozoic due to cyanobacteria respiration

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