Why did dinosaurs suddenly disappear about 65 million years ago, while many mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians survived? We propose that the decades-long global cooling period caused by either asteriod impact or Deccan volcanism had a differential effect on dinosaur eggs versus bird and reptile eggs, such that many bird and reptile eggs hatched, but dinosaur eggs did not. This resulted in a 'dead generation' that wiped out a 100 million years of dominance in just a few decades.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
A New Theory on Why the Dinosaurs Perished but Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Amphibians Did Not
Please click through and read the following article, and comment and expand on this theory by emailing me at the address in the article. I hope you enjoy it.
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