By 
Adam Pritchard
 | 
TED-Ed Original

When will the next mass extinction occur?

About 66 million years ago a terrible extinction event wiped out the dinosaurs. But it wasn't the only event of this kind -- extinctions of various severity have occurred throughout the Earth's history -- and are still happening all around us today. Borths D'Emic and Pritchard give a quick history of mass extinctions.

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