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Featured Article: Mesozoic
The Mesozoic (from the Greek prefix meso meaning “between” and zoon, animal or "living being") era is an interval of about 186 million years defined on the geologic timescale as spanning roughly from 251 to 65 million years ago (mya), and as being the second of three eras of the Phanerozoic eon. The Mesozoic era lies between the earlier Paleozoic era and the later Cenozoic era, which extends up to and includes the present time. The opening and the closing of the Paleozoic era are both marked by major extinction events.
Popular Article: Golden Mountains of Altai
The Golden Mountains of Altai is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southern Siberia, in the Russian territory of the Altai Republic. Established in 1998, there are three separate areas: Altaisky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Lake Teletskoye; Katunsky Zapovednik and a buffer zone around Mount Belukha; and the Ukok Quiet Zone on the Ukok plateau. Altai is important for preservation of globally endangered mammals, such as the snow leopard and the Altai argali, the world's largest breed of wild sheep.
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During World War II between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were subject to exclusion, removal, and detention, of whom approximately two-thirds were U.S. citizens and the rest "resident aliens." (source: Japanese American internment)
