New PBS series 'EONS: Life and Death on Pangea' explores the Permian-Triassic mass extinction
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Laura Baisas
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A new PBS Digital Studios series called "EONS: LIFE AND DEATH ON PANGEA" explores the Permian-Triassic extinction event, known as The Great Dying, which wiped out 80 percent of all life on Earth roughly 252 million years ago. The six-episode series brings this catastrophic chapter of Earth's history to life, focusing on a mass extinction event that was even more devastating than the one that killed the dinosaurs.
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Twitter / XNew PBS series 'EONS: Life and Death on Pangea' explores the Permian-Triassic mass extinctionpopsci.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledDuring The Great Dying, upwards of 80 percent of life on Earth was wiped out.
The mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs gets most of the buzz, but there was an even worse bout of mass death ages before the dinosaurs said goodbye.
The Great Dying (or Permian-Trassic extinction) wiped out 80 percent of all life on Earth roughly 252 million years ago.
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