The brilliant minds behind ASAPScience take us through a detailed journey of our planet's major extinction events, explaining the processes that led to mass extinctions and the emergence of new species out of those extinctions. Although the intervals between extinctions are typically millions of years and follow a similar pattern, it appears the sixth one is approaching quickly at an alarming rate. And it doesn't take much to figure out the cause behind this accelerated sixth event.
Check out the six craziest extinctions ever, AFTER THE JUMP…
