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Searches for Noah's Ark have been reported since antiquity, as ancient scholars sought to affirm the historicity of the Genesis flood narrative by citing accounts of relics recovered from the Ark. [ 1 ] : 43–47 [ 2 ] With the emergence of biblical archaeology in the 19th century, the potential of a formal search attracted interest in alleged ...
Aptian extinction: 117 Ma: Unknown, but may be due to volcanism of the Rajmahal Traps [15] Jurassic: End-Jurassic (Tithonian) 145 Ma: No longer regarded as a major extinction but rather a series of lesser events due to bolide impacts, eruptions of flood basalts, climate change and disruptions to oceanic systems [16] Pliensbachian-Toarcian ...
The Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) proposes that the onset of the Younger Dryas (YD) cool period ( stadial) at the end of the Last Glacial Period, around 12,900 years ago was the result of some kind of extraterrestrial event with specific details varying between publications. [1] : . Sec 1 The hypothesis is controversial and not widely ...
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis) is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus.It is not closely related to the Southern Hemisphere birds now known as penguins, which were discovered later by Europeans and so named by sailors because of their physical resemblance to the great auk, which were called penguins.
The Cretaceous–Paleogene ( K–Pg) extinction event, [ a] also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, [ b] was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth [ 2][ 3] approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
Ussher chronology. The Ussher chronology is a 17th-century chronology of the history of the world formulated from a literal reading of the Old Testament by James Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. The chronology is sometimes associated with young Earth creationism, which holds that the universe was created only a few ...
The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon ( Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived from the French word passager, meaning "passing by", due to the migratory habits of the species. The scientific name also refers to its migratory characteristics.
Extinction of taxa is difficult to detect, as a long gap without a sighting is not definitive. Some mammals declared as extinct may very well reappear . [ 1 ] For example, a study found that 36% of purported mammalian extinction had been resolved, while the rest either had validity issues (insufficient evidence) or had been rediscovered. [ 3 ]