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The Late Devonian Extinction

In Our Time: Science

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The late Devonian extinction was one of the slower kind but still devastating. Around 70% of species disappeared 370 million years ago and we're still trying to establish exactly what happened when and why. Jessica Whiteside, Professor of Geochemistry in the Department of Ocean and Earth Sciences at the University of Southampton. Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Paleontology at the School of Life Sciences University of Bristol.

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