Which statement about mass extinctions is false?
A) Paleontologists recognize five major mass extinctions.
B) Dinosaurs were among the casualties of the last major mass extinction.
C) Major extinctions can promote increases of diversity of some groups by removing their competitors.
D) After a mass extinction, communities quickly recover and the diversity of life usually rebounds to previous levels within a million years.

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Mass extinctions often result in long recovery periods, and it can take millions of years for biodiversity to rebound to previous levels, not just one million years.

Which Statement About Mass Extinctions Is False