Big dinosaurs' mini eggs helped push them to extinction
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 13:01
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The fact that big dinosaurs laid tiny eggs put them at a huge disadvantage to other mammals and was likely a significant factor leading to their extinction, a new study has found.
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