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DNA Revelations: “Extinct” Fish Is Alive and Well!
‘Extinct’ houting from the collection of the Natural History Museum London. Credit: Ymke WinkelThe houting fish, once thought extinct, is still thriving, as revealed by DNA comparisons with the European whitefish by researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Natural History Museum London.The houting, a fish species that lived in North Sea estuaries and
Will Humans Ever Go Extinct?
The species Homo sapiens evolved some 300,000 years ago and has come to dominate Earth unlike any species that came before. But how long can humans last? Eventually humans will go extinct. At the most wildly optimistic estimate, our species will last perhaps another billion years but end when the expanding envelope of the sun