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The Great Permaphore
The Earth did its best with a number of volcanic eruptions and continental drift. Still life hung on and adapted to each circumstance, mostly by increasing in complexity. These dramatic occasions where we did get these explosions of life that did find new ecological niches are described really brilliantly in your book. One of them was the late Permium you describe as 'the perfect storm'
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