Author Topic: Double meteorite strike 'caused dinosaur extinction' (Read 1188 times)

Clive · « **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

Simon · « **Reply #1 on:** August 29, 2010, 22:59 »

One asteroid or two, they were still f**ked!

Clive · « **Reply #2 on:** August 29, 2010, 23:10 »

sam · « **Reply #3 on:** August 30, 2010, 03:06 »

One asteroid or two, they were still f**ked!

so are we... eventually

sam · « **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!

Clive · « **Reply #5 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:34 »

Sorry Sam. I hadn't spotted that. The article is seriously flawed.

Simon · « **Reply #6 on:** August 30, 2010, 08:51 »