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General Discussion => Science & Nature => Topic started by: sam on March 23, 2010, 03:10

Title: Dinosaurs Rode Volcanic Armageddon to Victory
Post by: sam on March 23, 2010, 03:10

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Geologists have turned a series of 200 million-year-old lake-bed sediments into an epic narrative of the dinosaurs’ journey from ecological obscurity to Earthly supremacy, a mystery that has lingered even as their disappearance is explained.

 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/triassic-jurassic-extinction-explained/

Title: Re: Dinosaurs Rode Volcanic Armageddon to Victory
Post by: Clive on March 23, 2010, 12:30

Very interesting article Sam.  It shows how the dominant species living on habitable planets rise up and disappear over the aeons.  It also puts the search for ET into perspective.   :laugh:

Title: Re: Dinosaurs Rode Volcanic Armageddon to Victory
Post by: sam on March 23, 2010, 13:16

yep, those darn dinosaurs and their modern technology.