Dinosaur Deaths Outsourced to India?

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A vertical mile of Deccan lavas visible from Arthurs Seat at Mahabaleshwar. Photo courtesy Mike Widdowson
A vertical mile of Deccan lavas visible from Arthur's Seat at Mahabaleshwar. Photo courtesy Mike Widdowson

A series of monumental volcanic eruptions in India may have killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, not a meteor impact in the Gulf of Mexico. The eruptions, which created the gigantic Deccan Traps lava beds of India, are now the prime suspect in the most famous and persistent paleontological murder mystery, say scientists who have conducted a slew of new investigations honing down eruption timing.


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