[University of British Columbia] A rare CO chondrite meteorite was the probable impactor that struck Earth 66 million years ago, wiping out 75 per cent of Earth’s species, including non-avian […]
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Dinosaurs’ Apparent Decline Prior To Asteroid May Be Due To A Poor Fossil Record
The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that […]
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Life Recovered Rapidly After The Chicxulub Impact – A Hydrothermal System May Have Helped
About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species.
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Biosignature Update: Why Dinosaur Collagen May Have Survived For Over A Hundred Million Years
Collagen, a protein found in bones and connective tissue, has been found in dinosaur fossils as old as 195 million years. That far exceeds the normal half-life of the peptide […]
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Post-Impact Changes In Earth’s Ocean Ecology
Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs.
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More Than A Meteorite: New Clues About The Demise Of Dinosaurs
What wiped out the dinosaurs? A meteorite plummeting to Earth is only part of the story, a new study suggests. Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions may have ultimately […]
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An Asteroid Impact Crater Beneath The North Atlantic Ocean – And The Demise Of Dinosaurs
Scientists have found evidence of an asteroid impact crater beneath the north Atlantic ocean. The 8.5km-wide crater is buried 300-400m below the seabed 400km off the coast of Guinea, west […]
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Organic Molecule Remnants Found In Nuclei Of Ancient Dinosaur Cells
A team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and from the Shandong Tianyu Museum of Nature (STM) has isolated […]