Did an Asteroid Cancel Dinosaurs? The Truth is in the Lava

Thursday, February 28, 2019 - 09:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

About sixty-six million years ago a planet-wide catastrophe brought the non-avian dinosaurs to their demise, and the end of the Cretaceous period was marked by a mass extinction of its fauna and flora. New data, published in the journal Science, says it’s possible that intense volcanic eruptions in India coincided with the worldwide extinction – ultimately […]

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