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An upper bound for the background rate of human extinction

We evaluate the total probability of human extinction from naturally occurring processes. Such processes include risks that are well characterized such as asteroid impacts and supervolcanic eruptions, as well as risks that remain unknown. Using only the information that Homo sapiens has existed at l...

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Autores principales: Snyder-Beattie, Andrew E., Ord, Toby, Bonsall, Michael B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6667434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363134
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-47540-7