Founder and Executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet’s questions about the phenomenon of extinction. How do we know an asteroid killed the dinosaurs? Where was the impact? Could humans go extinct in the same fashion? What are the five mass extinctions? Why are we trying to bring back extinct species, isn’t it dangerous? Which species came closest to extinction but bounced back? Answers to these questions and plenty more await on Extinction Support.
0:00 Extinction Support
0:17 How do we know an asteroid killed the dinosaurs?
0:45 How did everybody else survive, then?
1:14 Where is the Asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs?
1:56 Donβt call it a comeback
3:07 Mosquitoes & Fliesβwho would miss them?
3:34 How many animals have humans hunted to extinction?
4:28 Sounds like youβre just afraid of competition
5:05 Extinct or just hidden?
6:09 Super-volcanoes and you
6:58 Could humans go extinct if another Chixilub asteroid hit Earth?
7:57 What if it wasnβt an asteroid though?
8:48 Why couldnβt dinosaurs bounce back?
9:37 Does human intelligence evolve without dinosaurs going extinct?
10:42 Fact or Fiction?
11:12 A scalding hot take on Pandas
11:45 Roaches will outlive us all
12:01 Next extinction event
12:34 An extinction so big it made the evidence go extinct
13:08 Sixth Mass Extinction
14:02 Has Hollywood taught us nothing?
15:43 That oneβs not on us
16:46 “Species of least concern”?
17:23 What are the five mass extinctions?
19:47 Itβs not .xls
20:22 Sharks: Why?
Director: Justin Wolfson
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Kenneth Lacovara
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Anthony Wooten
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Caleb Weiss
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Billy Ward
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