Joe is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 3 letters and 1 syllable and is pronounced Joe. In the U.S. in 2014, it ranked 565 in baby name popularity for boys with 488 occurrences.
There have been five mass extinction events throughout Earth's history: 1  The first great mass extinction event took place at the end of the Ordovician, when according to the fossil record, 60% of all genera of both terrestrial and marine life worldwide were exterminated.
The event led to the loss of most of the planet's obligate anaerobes. The five largest extinction events in earth's history since are these: End of the Ordovician: 440 million years ago, 86% of all species lost, including graptolites.