Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities.
Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America.
New findings indicate dinosaurs were flourishing just before the asteroid strike. Fossils from New Mexico show diverse and healthy dinosaur populations. This evidence supports the theory that the ...
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What if The Dinosaur killing Asteroid hit us today?
What if the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs struck Earth today? This video explores the potential consequences of such an ...
Dinosaurs appear to have been thriving before a giant asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, paleontologists working in ...
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Would Humans Survive a Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Today?
What if the same asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit Earth today? Could humanity survive—or would we suffer the same ...
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New Fossils Show Dinosaurs Were Thriving Until the Final Asteroid Strike
Fossils from New Mexico change how we look at dinosaur history.
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New research challenges long-held theory about dinosaurs before asteroid hit
New research indicates that dinosaur populations in North America were thriving just before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which triggered their mass extinction.
The Deccan Traps eruptions were episodic over several hundred thousands of years. There was not a continuous outpouring of lava. Each eruption lasted only a few thousand to tens of thousands of years.
Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows dinosaurs were still strong, diverse, and thriving before their sudden extinction 66 ...
This illustration provided by researchers in October 2025 depicts an Alamosaurus sanjuanensis in southern North America as an asteroid hits the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction.
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