Re: [OT]
On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:44:05 +0100, "Ingo R. Homann"
<ihomann_spam@xxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who
said :
That's not true as well. E.g. Mammoths were wiped out without technology
(OK, depends on what you define as 'technology').
Indeed, the NORM is for a species to wipe itself out. Most species
are no longer with us. What takes "talent" is to bring the entire
ecosystem down with you in a mass extinction event.
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