• MNByChoice@midwest.social
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    We only have 250.million years to be ready for the next one.

    https://www.ncesc.com/geographic-faq/what-will-be-the-next-supercontinent/

    The next supercontinent, predicted to coalesce in approximately 250 million years, is most commonly referred to as Pangaea Ultima, though it also goes by names like Pangaea Proxima, Neopangaea, and Pangaea II.

    I really enjoy that the article continues and discusses how humans will survive in the middle of the continent. Dinosaurs were killed 65 million years ago. Modern Humans won’t be a thing.

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      Sorry to burst your bubble here pal, but I’ve been alive for almost three decades in a row and haven’t died once. Judging by that, I’m pretty sure I’ll still be here in 250 million years.

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      Define human. Yes modern humans aka homosapiens are extinct long before Pangea Dos, but there is still a chance there will be a new species of humans by then. The age of the Dinosaurs lasted 190 million years. The age of Humans could last just as long if not longer. If humans can survive and advance the next 100,000 years they would have the tech to mitigate any mass extinction event.