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Did India asteroid kill the dinosaurs ?

By T.K. Randall
October 17, 2009 · Comment icon 0 comments

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Scientists now believe the dinosaurs may have died off due to not one but two giant asteroids colliding with the Earth a few hundred thousand years apart, one in Mexico and another in India.
The dinosaurs' demise may have been due to an asteroid double-whammy—two giant space rocks that struck near Mexico and India a few hundred thousand years apart, scientists say.


Source: National Geographic | Comments (0)




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