🔥 THE PERMIAN EXTINCTION: THE GREAT DYING
PAGE 1 OF 5 — THE WORST EVENT IN EARTH'S HISTORY
252 MILLION YEARS AGO
96% OF ALL LIFE, GONE
Long before the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs, there was a far more devastating catastrophe. The Permian-Triassic extinction event, nicknamed "The Great Dying", killed 96% of all marine species and 70% of all land vertebrate species on Earth. It is the closest life has ever come to being completely wiped out. Every animal alive today, including you, is descended from the tiny fraction of survivors. Without the Great Dying, dinosaurs would never have existed.
"The only mass extinction that nearly ended ALL life on Earth."
THE NUMBERS
💥 96% of all marine species extinct
💥 70% of all land vertebrate species extinct
💥 83% of all insect genera extinct
💥 Took 10 million years to recover
💥 70% of all land vertebrate species extinct
💥 83% of all insect genera extinct
💥 Took 10 million years to recover
BEFORE & AFTER
🌿 Before: rich diverse forests and seas
🔥 During: volcanic hellscape, acidic oceans
☠️ After: near-empty Earth, a few survivors
⏫ Recovery took longer than the dinosaur age
🔥 During: volcanic hellscape, acidic oceans
☠️ After: near-empty Earth, a few survivors
⏫ Recovery took longer than the dinosaur age