"Nanodiamond" Find Supports Comet Extinction Theory

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 17:42 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The discovery of microscopic diamonds in 12,900-year-old soil supports the controversial idea that comet swarms caused a die-off of ice age mammals, a new study says.

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