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The Dinosaurs of North America Were Thriving Up Until an Asteroid Wiped Them Off the Face of the Earth, Scientists Argue
A new study of dinosaur biodiversity challenges the belief that the megafauna were on their way out 66 million years ago ...
New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...
Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...
Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America.
The end of the dinosaurs was clearly linked to an asteroid impact that brought the Cretaceous period to a close. But the ...
Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows dinosaurs were still strong, diverse, and thriving before their sudden extinction 66 ...
Around 66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to a fiery end. An asteroid about 7 miles (12 kilometers) wide, ...
Of all the mysteries surrounding dinosaurs, none has sparked more debate than how their era ended—was it a gradual decline or ...
New dating of New Mexico rocks suggest diverse dinosaurs thrived there just before the impact, countering the idea dinos were already on their way out.
For much of the past century, scientists thought dinosaurs were already in decline long before the asteroid impact that ended ...
Contrary to previous theories, recent research suggests that dinosaurs were flourishing until a devastating asteroid impact ...
New research on fossils in New Mexico reveals that dinosaurs, including the massive Alamosaurus, were thriving just 340,000 ...
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