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Standard rate of extinction in earth's geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions
Background extinction rate, also known as the normal extinction rate, refers to the standard rate of extinction in Earth's geological and biological history, excluding major extinction events, including the current human-induced Holocene extinction. Currently there have been five mass extinctions that have happened since the beginning of time all resulting from a variety of reasons. Wikipedia