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Mumbai's Rocks Hide A 66-Million-Year-Old Link To Dinosaur Extinction
Mumbai's black basalt rock is a direct legacy of the Deccan Traps eruptions, which occurred almost simultaneously with the Chicxulub asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Did Dinosaurs Decline Before Chicxulub Meteor Strike? New Study Answers
Dinosaurs may have been in decline millions of years before the meteor strike often attributed to their extinction, according to research published Tuesday examining the role played by changing climate.
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Dinosaur Extinction Event Was Deadly For Antarctic Life
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions, according to a study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic.
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A New Theory For Dinosaur Extinction: 50 Million Years Of Whimpering, Then A Bang
What killed the dinosaurs? It's a question scientists are still trying to answer, and the case isn't going to be closed anytime soon. But a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a new twist: According to the new research, dinosaurs may have been on a long, slow decline for tens of millions of years b...
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Mammals Exploded Immediately After Dinosaur Extinction: Study
The diversity of mammals - the group that today includes nearly 5,000 species including humans - on Earth exploded straight after the dinosaur extinction event, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found.
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As Large Animals Disappear, the Loss of their Poop Hurts the Planet
It only takes a glance at a history book and a look out the window to know that our planet has lost many of its biggest creatures: The world that was once home to mammoths and towering dinosaurs can now barely maintain stable populations of rhinos and whales.
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Dinosaurs Extinct Because of 'Colossal Bad Luck'
London, Jul 28 (PTI) Dinosaurs may have survived the asteroid strike which wiped them out if it had happened slightly earlier or later in history, a new study has found.
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Mumbai's Rocks Hide A 66-Million-Year-Old Link To Dinosaur Extinction
Mumbai's black basalt rock is a direct legacy of the Deccan Traps eruptions, which occurred almost simultaneously with the Chicxulub asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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Apart From Chicxulub, Another Asteroid Might Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction
A mysterious asteroid impact crater have been spotted on the seafloor which is believed to have formed at the same time when dinosaurs were wiped out from the planet. This could mean that not one, but two asteroid impacts were behind the extinction of dinosaurs.
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Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid May Have Hit Earth During Spring, Research Suggests
The extinction of dinosaurs took place about 66 million years ago but we are yet to know the full impact of the asteroid that wiped out this species. Scientists are still studying the disaster and continuously unearthing new aspects of the devastating impact. Now, researchers say that if the asteroid's trajectory had been slightly different, it wou...
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Researchers Locate Possible Origin of Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
The researchers also say that the processes that deliver large asteroids to Earth from that region occur at least 10 times more frequently than previously thought
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Did Dinosaurs Decline Before Chicxulub Meteor Strike? New Study Answers
Dinosaurs may have been in decline millions of years before the meteor strike often attributed to their extinction, according to research published Tuesday examining the role played by changing climate.
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Dinosaur Extinction Event Was Deadly For Antarctic Life
The mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs was sudden and just as deadly to life in the polar regions, according to a study of more than 6,000 marine fossils from the Antarctic.
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A New Theory For Dinosaur Extinction: 50 Million Years Of Whimpering, Then A Bang
What killed the dinosaurs? It's a question scientists are still trying to answer, and the case isn't going to be closed anytime soon. But a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a new twist: According to the new research, dinosaurs may have been on a long, slow decline for tens of millions of years b...
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Mammals Exploded Immediately After Dinosaur Extinction: Study
The diversity of mammals - the group that today includes nearly 5,000 species including humans - on Earth exploded straight after the dinosaur extinction event, researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have found.
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As Large Animals Disappear, the Loss of their Poop Hurts the Planet
It only takes a glance at a history book and a look out the window to know that our planet has lost many of its biggest creatures: The world that was once home to mammoths and towering dinosaurs can now barely maintain stable populations of rhinos and whales.
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Dinosaurs Extinct Because of 'Colossal Bad Luck'
London, Jul 28 (PTI) Dinosaurs may have survived the asteroid strike which wiped them out if it had happened slightly earlier or later in history, a new study has found.
