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True or false? Most species that evolved have already become extinct.

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To explain: Whether the statement “Most species that evolved have already become extinct” is true or false.

Introduction: Extinction is a process of termination of one species or group of species. The species formed get extinct on an ongoing basis.

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New species evolve from the older ones. More than 90 percentage of existing species are now extinct. For example, evolved dinosaurs have already become extinct. During the Triassic period, ancestors of dinosaur were evolved from amphibian species...

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