The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. It's a…
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The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World
Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. A Triceratops horridus ambles along the edge of the forest. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago.
Lush verdure will be replaced with fire. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away. Tyrannosaurus rex will be toppled from their throne, along with every other species of non-avian dinosaur no matter their size, diet, or disposition.
They just don't know it yet.The cause of this disaster was identified decades ago. An asteroid some seven miles across slammed into the Earth, leaving a geologic wound over 50 miles in diameter. In the terrible mass extinction that followed, more than half of known species vanished seemingly overnight.
But this worst single day in the history of life on Earth was as critical for us as it was for the dinosaurs, as it allowed for