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Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 12:10 pm Post subject: Did Insects Kill the Dinosaurs? |
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New article from Time magazine:
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1702501,00.html?cnn=yes
Excerpt:
The authors aren't arguing that the dinos all died in a massive epidemic; rather, the constant wear and tear of illness weakened the dinosaurs so that other catastrophes, like comets and volcanoes, could have finished them off. Still, the Poinars couldn't resist a bit of made-for-Hollywood drama. One great quote from the book: "The largest of the land animals, the dinosaurs, would have been locked in a life-or-death struggle with [insects] for survival." |
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