"Professor Mike Benton of the University of Bristol, one of the co-authors of the research, said: "All the evidence shows that the dinosaurs, which had already been around, dominating terrestrial ecosystems for 150 million years, somehow lost the ability to speciate fast enough. This was likely to have contributed to their inability to recover from the environmental crisis caused by the impact.""
1 posted on
04/18/2016 2:00:44 PM PDT by
JimSEA
To: JimSEA
2 posted on
04/18/2016 2:01:41 PM PDT by
Zathras
To: JimSEA
I seem to remember Robert Bakker saying pretty much the same thing about 15-20 years ago.
3 posted on
04/18/2016 2:04:33 PM PDT by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: JimSEA
Probably man-made global warming.
4 posted on
04/18/2016 2:04:57 PM PDT by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
To: JimSEA
5 posted on
04/18/2016 2:07:31 PM PDT by
The Sons of Liberty
(UNAWARE -Millenials voting for the first time were only 2 when the Clinton Crime Family left office.)
To: JimSEA
prehistoric global warming no doubt. Those stupid stupid dinosaurs would stop making those tar pits.
6 posted on
04/18/2016 2:07:37 PM PDT by
Fhios
(Going Donald Trump is as close to going John Galt as we'll get.)
To: JimSEA
My theory is that leftism destroyed them. They left their defense solely up to the T-Rex and the only thing they can do is small arms.
7 posted on
04/18/2016 2:09:05 PM PDT by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: JimSEA
The meteor impact cause of extinction is conjecture. I wish the word “scientist” wouldn’t be used in concert with the words “could be”, “consensus” or “experts think”.
10 posted on
04/18/2016 2:22:01 PM PDT by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
To: JimSEA
Most Dino bones are found in the layer UNDER the crap from the comet. I have thought they were killed off from a virus for a long time.
12 posted on
04/18/2016 2:33:18 PM PDT by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: JimSEA
Taxes and crystal meth did em in.
15 posted on
04/18/2016 3:01:43 PM PDT by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: JimSEA
I’ve been tilling my garden for the last two days. Going to till again in the morning. There is currently no evidence of “life”. You see, I wiped it out.. Boom!
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