> Are you suggesting if the dinosaurs had tried harder to "evolve in time", they could have better survived an asteroid hit? Well, yes. It's not fair to the di

> Are you suggesting if the dinosaurs had tried harder to "evolve in time", they could have better survived an asteroid hit? Well, yes. It's not fair to the dinosaurs, I admit. They hardly had a chance to develop language and mathematics. They were still too busy ripping each other's faces off. And not having opposable thumbs, of course, really put a damper on technological development. Maybe in a another million years things would have been different, but the asteroid had a different idea. We, on the other hand, are at least on the precipice of the capability to divert asteroids. Hopefully we don't get an asteroid visit too soon.