Some 66 million years ago, an errant asteroid wiped out three-quarters of all plant and animal species on Earth, most notably taking down the dinosaurs. That has long been the scientific consensus.
A depiction of a large asteroid impacting Earth some 66 million years ago. Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images A menacing asteroid, some six miles wide, triggered Earth's last ...
Around 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the Earth, blasted debris everywhere, plummeted the planet into cold darkness, and ended the age of dinosaurs. (Though birds survived, of course.) ...
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