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The theory that dinosaurs died due to a meteor is already outdated.

• prawn 13y ago
  Is it? Are you being pedantic about the term "meteor" or is consensus behind something other than a collision? Asking honestly and aware that Wikipedia isn't always going to be correct. From Wikipedia: "It is generally believed that the K-Pg extinction was triggered by a massive comet/asteroid impact and its catastrophic effects on the global environment, including a lingering impact winter..." Same page then suggests volcanic activity, etc is a less popular theory.
  • kjackson2012 13y ago
    You probably won't read this, but: http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/dinosaur_extinction_was_an_asteroid_the_only_cause_of_the_cretaceous_mass.html http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_fore... It's not enough that an asteroid hit the Earth, but it's such a simple theory that everyone can remember, it has been popularized by everyone.
    • prawn 13y ago
      I thought it was a given (for anyone keen to read more than a headline) that the impact implied a long period of changes and involved more than just the strike itself? I did assume however that volcanic activity could've been as a result of the impact.