# Pangaea Ultima, the Next Supercontinent, May Doom Mammals to Far-Future **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pangaea-ultima-the-next-supercontinent-may-doom-mammals-to-far-future/990789 "2023-09-27T20:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 29
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pangaea-ultima-the-next-supercontinent-may-doom-mammals-to-far-future/990789/29 "2023-09-28T22:29:42Z")
The desert last time: > [@Was Pangea largely desert?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-pangea-largely-desert/697206): > > When all the continents were smooshed together into Pangea, was the interior of the super-continent largely desert? Wouldn’t the moisture in winds coming off the oceans fall as precipitation long before the wind reached the centre of the continent? And a follow-up: would there have been much life in the oceans on the other side of the world, without continental shelves or coastal areas? Coastal areas were livable, interior had an average temperature of 40 C. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pangaea-ultima-the-next-supercontinent-may-doom-mammals-to-far-future/990789)._