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Published online 13 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030609-12
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Second mass extinction linked to impact
Rock from space might have hit life hard 380 million years ago.
About 380 million years ago, a rock from space smashed into the Earth, say geologists. They believe that the impact wiped out a large fraction of life.
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