Oct 12. 2006
Scientists have named a prime suspect in the mysterious case of the missing mammals. The reason history is littered with suspiciously regular extinctions is all down to the Earth's wobbly orbit, according to research published today.
Dr van Dam correlated the results with natural cycles in the Earth's orbit and found that every 2.4m years there was a flurry of both mammal extinctions and new species. The extinctions coincided with a cycle that sees the Earth's orbit vary from almost perfectly circular to elliptical. Another cycle of extinctions and emerging species overlapped with changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis, which occur every 1m years. The axis today stands at 23 degrees to the vertical.

Full Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,1920051,00.html

Thoughts***
A New and interesting theory, much dependant upon there being dramatic swings in climate.
Which I find hard to equate given the long natural cycles of our Earths orbit, and the adaptation of
the smaller mammals?

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"You will never find a real Human being - Even in a mirror." ....Mike Kremer.