Single Microbe May Have Triggered the "Great Dying"

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Single Microbe May Have Triggered the "Great Dying"

Posted by Unknown on Monday December 17, 2012 @08:05PM from the get-your-flu-shot dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an excerpt from Medical Daily about a new theory for what triggered the "Great Dying: " "Researchers believe that they may finally know why the event occurred, but the theory is not without controversy. There are several theories, including the possibility of a meteorite hitting the planet. Previously, most researchers believed that the Permian mass extinction was a result of a series of volcanic eruptions in what is now Siberia. ... However, Daniel Rothman from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is floating around a different theory. As he presented in a meeting for the American Geophysical Union, he believes that the mass extinction could have been caused by something much smaller. His theory is that the extinction was caused by a single strain of bacteria."

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Second post. by SuricouRaven · 2012-12-17 20:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

On the assumption that why I am typing this 'first' post, someone else is doing the same and will get there before me.
Also, DIE, evil auto-playing video advertisment!
1. Re:Second post. by q.kontinuum · 2012-12-17 22:05 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Also, DIE, evil auto-playing video advertisment!
  Instead of whining to us about your failure to block ads, how about you just go ahead and fucking block them?
  Maybe he's afraid to miss some "fucking" ads?
  
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2. Re:Second post. by q.kontinuum · 2012-12-18 00:14 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Current score: (Score:2, Informative)
  Come on, how is this informative?!? Either Troll or Funny, I don't care, but this smells of a moderator trolling or trying to be funny!
  
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I Understand Tragedy of the Commons by Anonymous Coward · 2012-12-17 20:34 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Honestly, this is interesting but the article title of, "Single microbe may have triggered the 'Great Dying'" above makes me think of, "Single macrobe triggered the second 'Great Dying' ending all mammalian life on planet Earth."