The history of life on Earth has been punctuated by several mass extinctions, the greatest of these being the Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the 'Great Dying', which occurred 252 million years ago.
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 4 (ANI): A new research led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says that plants may have suffered the wrath of Great Dying long before their animal counterparts.