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Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« on: August 29, 2010, 22:41 »
The dinosaurs were wiped out 65 million years ago by at least two meteorite impacts, rather than a single strike, a new study suggests.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11112417

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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2010, 22:59 »
One asteroid or two, they were still f**ked!
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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2010, 23:10 »
  ;D  ;D  ;D

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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2010, 03:06 »
One asteroid or two, they were still f**ked!

so are we... eventually
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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2010, 03:07 »
and woah, woah, woah... that article suggests that the dinosaurs existed more than 6000 years ago, blasphemy!  ;)
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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2010, 07:34 »
Sorry Sam.  I hadn't spotted that.  The article is seriously flawed.   :(

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Re: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction'
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2010, 08:51 »
 :)x
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