Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Dinosaurs would have continued to thrive had it not been for the asteroid
One of the most well-known theories for dinosaurs’ extinction is that a mountain-seize meteor hit Earth directly 60-some million years ago and created enough gas, dust, and debris to change the climate drastically. Until then, dinosaurs had lived on the planet for more than 150 million years, evolving to various shapes, sizes, and forms with armors, crests, teeth, and even feathers. Such evolution and diversity must have allowed the now-extinct species to have dominated the planet for that long period. So, what if there hadn’t been such a catastrophic incident? Would dinosaurs still be the dominant species on the planet? If they lived as long as 150 million years, why not the next 60 million years? They didn’t and wouldn’t have produced as much greenhouse gas as homo sapience has done during the last two centuries. Indeed, a new study with more updated fossil data shows that they could or most likely would survive until now if the gigantic meteor had missed Earth.
Will humans survive as long as dinosaurs did?
Enjoy reading the article and think about which is more destructive to a habitable planet, a meteor hit, or human activities.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/18/world/dinosaur-extinction-intl-scli-gbr-scn/index.html
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