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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

What Killed Dinosaurs: New Ideas About the Wipeout

Renne and his team recently determined the most precise date yet for the asteroid strike, which occurred in the Yucatán Peninsula in what is now Mexico.

Using a high-precision dating technique on tektites—pebble-sized rocks formed during meteorite impacts—from Haiti that were created during the event, the team concluded that the impact occurred 66,038,000 years ago—slightly later than previously thought.

What Killed Dinosaurs: New Ideas About the Wipeout

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