extinct
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Maybe not enough to make humans go extinct.
From Salon • Jun. 15, 2026
"Previous studies showed that DNA inherited from extinct hominins, such as Neanderthals and Denisovans, survives, scattered, in the genomes of present-day human populations" Tucci said.
From Science Daily • Jun. 14, 2026
Colossal Biosciences claims to be on the road to reviving another extinct species.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
A new, though extinct, species of whale was also identified among the nearly 500 skeletons found up to 7,000 metres deep along a 1,200 kilometre corridor of bones in the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
This is the first eastern coyote I’ve ever seen, although Miss Turner said that this nearly extinct animal is making a comeback.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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