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Dinosaurs Died Within Hours of Asteroid Impact, says New Study

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sudden-climate-changes dept.

colonist writes "SPACE.com reports that most dinosaurs were incinerated within hours by the 'heat pulse' of an asteroid impact 65 million years ago. The study 'Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic' presents a scenario where the only survivors were underground or were underwater in swamps or oceans. All unprotected creatures were 'baked by the equivalent of a global oven set on broil.'"

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  1. Cooking cycle on my... by beatleadam · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...Microwave.
    ...dinosaurs were incinerated within hours by the 'heat pulse'... All unprotected creatures were 'baked by the equivalent of a global oven set on broil...
    Well...Kinda hard to "broil" per se but Bon Appetit!

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  2. Re:Correct me if I'm wrong. by fatmonkeyboy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Erhm...the world-wide flood is the reason the dinosaurs are extinct? You mean the whole Noah's Ark thing? That's what you think happened to the dinosaurs?

    Despite the current lack of evidence for a world-wide flood?

    Despite the consensus among scientists that there simply weren't any humans around when the dinosaurs died off, when according to the Bible there were humans around during the world-wide flood.

    I've heard much better creationist theories. Why would you believe that particular one?