Paleontologist Answers Extinction Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
33,665Founder 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.\n\n0:00 Extinction Support\n0:17 How do we know an asteroid killed the dinosaurs?\n0:45 How did everybody else survive, then?\n1:14 Where is the Asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs?\n1:56 Don’t call it a comeback\n3:07 Mosquitoes & Flies—who would miss them?\n3:34 How many animals have humans hunted to extinction?\n4:28 Sounds like you’re just afraid of competition\n5:05 Extinct or just hidden?\n6:09 Super-volcanoes and you\n6:58 Could humans go extinct if another Chixilub asteroid hit Earth?\n7:57 What if it wasn’t an asteroid though?\n8:48 Why couldn’t dinosaurs bounce back?\n9:37 Does human intelligence evolve without dinosaurs going extinct?\n10:42 Fact or Fiction?\n11:12 A scalding hot take on Pandas\n11:45 Roaches will outlive us all\n12:01 Next extinction event\n12:34 An extinction so big it made the evidence go extinct\n13:08 Sixth Mass Extinction\n14:02 Has Hollywood taught us nothing?\n15:43 That one’s not on us\n16:46 "Species of least concern"?\n17:23 What are the five mass extinctions?\n19:47 It’s not .xls\n20:22 Sharks: Why?\n\nDirector: Justin Wolfson \nDirector of Photography: Ben Dewey\nEditor: Richard Trammell\nExpert: Kenneth Lacovara\nLine Producer: Joseph Buscemi\nAssociate Producer: Brandon White \nProduction Manager: Peter Brunette\nProduction Coordinator: Anthony Wooten\nCasting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer\nCamera Operator: Caleb Weiss\nSound Mixer: Sean Paulsen\nProduction Assistant: Sonia Butt\nPost Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin\nPost Production Coordinator: Rachel Kim\nSupervising Editor: Doug Larsen\nAdditional Editor: Paul Tael\nAssistant Editor: Billy Ward
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