Did Comets Cause Ancient American Extinctions?

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 - 15:56 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Debate has heated up over a controversial theory that suggests huge comet impacts wiped out North America's large mammals nearly 13,000 years ago.

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