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Maybe It Wasn't The Meteor, After All

Posted by timothy on from the all-hearsay-to-me dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In one new argument, David Penny of Massey University in New Zealand and Matt Phillips from the University of Oxford contend the fossil record and the evolution of animals through modern times suggest the demise of dinosaurs began several million years before the catastrophic asteroid collision. '"We agree completely with the geophysicists that an extraterrestrial impact marks the end of the Cretaceous," said Penny, in a statement reported in newspapers and on the Internet this week. "But after 25 years [scientists] have still not provided a single piece of evidence that this was the primary reason for the decline of the dinosaurs and pterosaurs."'"

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  1. So finally my theory is proved correct by antifoidulus · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Dinosaurs did die out because they invented, "Starbucks". It will happen to us too.....

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    Monstar L
  2. Maybe It Wasn't The Meteor, After All by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was the butler.

  3. It was in fact..... by Andy+Mitchell · · Score: 3, Funny

    As every fan of the classic science fiction series Doctor Who knows the Dinosaurs were actually wiped out when a star freighter impacted into the earth.

    This was all part of a Cyberman plot to destroy the earth. This story was also notable in that they finally managed to get rid of Adric, possibly the 2nd most annoying boy genius in the history of SciFi (just after Wesley Crusher). Adric had the decency to die heroically so avoided first place :-)

    For more information see the episode guide for Earth Shock