Dinosaurs were wiped out 66 million years ago 'by asteroid and not volcanoes'
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mirror.co.ukDinosaurs were wiped off the Earth by an asteroid, not volcanic activity, scientists believe. The asteroid, which struck the Earth off the coast of Mexico 66 million years ago, has long been believed to have killed off all dinosaur species except those that became birds.
But some researchers have suggested that tens of thousands of years of large volcanic eruptions may have been the actual cause of the extinction event.
Now researchers from Imperial College London, the University of Bristol and University College London have now shown that only the asteroid impact could have created conditions that made the planet uninhabitable for dinosaurs.
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