The Asteroid Theory: The Extinction Of Dinosaurs

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Mysteries are so fascinating because mysteries are like taking unknown information, discovering it, and making it known. Discovering why dinosaurs went extinct is looking into the discovery of their extinction and why they are extinct. Dinosaurs were the largest reptiles known to man, and around 65 million years ago, dinosaurs became extinct. Two-hundred and thirty million years ago the first dinosaur-like creature roamed the earth. These creatures were the top of the food chain, and it is crazy to think that the most dominant of all species became extinct. But there had to be either a theory such as ‘The Asteroid theory’, ‘The Ice Age theory’, or the ‘Volcano Theory’ to explain such drastic measures for the entire population to die out. This is where the mystery takes place and begins.

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That means that 30% still had a chance at life and being reborn in mysterious ways. Have you ever thought that when evolution occurred there was still a chance of “dinosaurs” existence? The word dinosaur comes from the greek language and means ‘terrible lizard’ ” (sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/dinos). Meaning dinosaurs are an occurring species we see most likely in our everyday life in a more evolved species that is much smaller, such as other reptiles like lizards and alligators. The asteroid impact theory though is most known to kill the huge species known to man. “This 150-kilometer-wide crater lies just off the yucatan peninsula. Scientists calculate that it was blasted into earth by a 10-kilometer wide asteroid or comet traveling 30 kilometers per second -150 times faster than a jet airliner”)pbs.org/wgbh/evolution (dino extinction) therefore proving our reasoning to the death and extinction to the mass large population of

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