More Than a Meteor Likely Killed Dinosaurs 65 Million Years Ago

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Geologists drilling in the Brazos River region of Texas have found new evidence for what killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Credit: Gerta Keller
Geologists drilling in the Brazos River region of Texas have found new evidence for what killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Credit: Gerta Keller

Growing evidence shows that the dinosaurs and their contemporaries were not wiped out by the famed Chicxulub meteor impact alone, according to a paleontologist who says multiple meteor impacts, massive volcanism in India and climate changes culminated in the end of the Cretaceous Period.


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