`The Cause of The Permian

Permian Extinction Event

The Permian Extinction Event is known as the largest mass extinction in the history of the Earth and was responsible for the devastation and literal genocide for thousands of species , from marine species , to terrestrial vertebrate and even insects . With that said , a close look will be taken into the Permian Extinction Event to determine what scientists believe happened , as well as an analysis of what the mass extinction meant for the planet Earth

To begin with , since the Permian Extinction Event dwarfs all the others , it has

long been the major focus of inquiry . If we could explain this greatest of all dyings , we might hold the key to understanding mass extinctions in general (Gould , 1977 , 135 . The Extinction itself is best understood by taking a close look into a land known as Karoo in South Africa , known to the world 's paleontologists .[as] a sacred place , for the flat sandstones , and shales piled into tablelands , called koppies , are one of the Earth 's great museums , a store house of ancient history , holding treasures more precious than all the gold and diamonds still to be found in Africa (Ward , 2000 , 39 . This treasure trove account for more than 50 million years of land animal evolution .[and is also] a graveyard filled with the victims of one of the Earth 's great massacres : the protomammals , victims of the Permian Event (39

Protomammals , as many people have never heard the term , are common ancestors of all mammals ' and...