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Bob Bakker is now doubting that a meteor caused the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago. He has a couple of interesting points.
First, dinosaurs were on the decline starting 85 million years ago and were probably extinct by the time of the meteor.
Second, there has never been an excavation of a dinosaur in the strata when the meteor struck.
His suggestion is for all paleontologists to sit back and take a breath and rethink what they've been "told."
His hypothesis is that the 20 million year decline/extinction was because of disease and other environmental issues.
Interesting. We'll see where this goes.
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