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Volcanoes, Not Asteroid, May Have Taken Out the Dinosaurs

Illustration of dinosaurs dying amid a volcanic eruption.

Evidence is mounting that a series of volcanic eruptions from the Deccan Traps in India is the "smoking gun" that caused the mass extinction which wiped out the dinosaurs.

Credit: National Science Foundation, Zina Deretsky


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