Extinct - Revision history

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JacobB at 21:07, December 14, 2009

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Ed Poor: spell check - 3 errors corrected

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Landontr: Provided broader coverage of the term.

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Jekyllhyde at 21:46, March 12, 2007

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-In a general sense, the term '''extinct''' means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable.
+In a general sense, the term '''extinct''' means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable. It could be argued that it can occur before that, say, if there are only [[male]]s or [[female]]s left in a sexually reproducing species, or if the remaining pairs are geographically isolated preventing [[mating]].
 In the specific biological/paleontological sense, "extinct" refers to the loss of all living representatives of a taxon (that is, of all the members of a species, a genus, a phylum, etc.).
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 [[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.
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	[[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.		[[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.
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	The actions of humans are often to blame for organisms that become have become extinct in the last few hundred years. Conservation of a species is often needed to stem the animal trade market and logging industries to prevent the extinction of [[endangered]] organisms.		The actions of humans are often to blame for organisms that become have become extinct in the last few hundred years. Conservation of a species is often needed to stem the animal trade market and logging industries to prevent the extinction of [[endangered]] organisms.

−	[[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.~~{{fact}}~~	+	[[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.

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	In a general sense, the term '''extinct''' means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable.		In a general sense, the term '''extinct''' means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable.

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-In a general sense, the term "extinct" means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable.
+In a general sense, the term '''extinct''' means no longer active or living. It is sometimes applied to kinds of organisms, to cultures, to religions, to geological processes (e.g. "extinct volcano"), to social movements, and, essentially, to any other object or process to which the concept of life or activity is applicable.
 In the specific biological/paleontological sense, "extinct" refers to the loss of all living representatives of a taxon (that is, of all the members of a species, a genus, a phylum, etc.).

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 In the specific biological/paleontological sense, "extinct" refers to the loss of all living representatives of a taxon (that is, of all the members of a species, a genus, a phylum, etc.).
-The actions of humans are often to blame for organisms that become have become extinct in the last few hundred years. conservation of a species is often needed to stem the animal trade market and logging industries to prevent the extinction of [[endangered]] organisms.
+The actions of humans are often to blame for organisms that become have become extinct in the last few hundred years. Conservation of a species is often needed to stem the animal trade market and logging industries to prevent the extinction of [[endangered]] organisms.
-[[cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.
+[[Cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existence. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.{{fact}}

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	In the specific biological/paleontological sense, "extinct" refers to the loss of all living representatives of a taxon (that is, of all the members of a species, a genus, a phylum, etc.).		In the specific biological/paleontological sense, "extinct" refers to the loss of all living representatives of a taxon (that is, of all the members of a species, a genus, a phylum, etc.).
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		+	The actions of humans are often to blame for organisms that become have become axtinct in the last feww hundred years. conservation of a species is often needed to stem the animal trade market and logging industries to prevent the extinction of [[endangered]] organisms.
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		+	[[cloning]] is a new [[technology]] that is being developed that could possibly bring back organisms into existance. The [[woolly mammoth]] and other organisms whose [[DNA]] is preserved such as the [[Thylacine]] of [[Australia]] are realistic options to be brought back using the cloning technique.

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 A term applied to a species of plant or animal that was once living but now is not. <ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 2000</ref>
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