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SCIENTISTS FIND SIGNS OF 13,000-YEAR-OLD EXTINCTION EVENT
Scientists find signs of 13,000-year-old extinction event
By Robert Mitchum Chicago Tribune Friday, January 2, 2009 Comet may have exploded over planet, causing fires, die- offs, researchers say A meteorite colliding with the Earth 65 million years ago is considered to be the most likely reason dinosaurs vanished from the planet. Now a team of scientists says it has found new evidence that an object from space caused a similar extinction event only 13,000 years ago. In an article to be published Friday in the journal Science, researchers present what one author calls the "smoking bullet" -- proof that an exploding comet triggered the sudden, thousand-year freeze that killed off mammoths, saber-toothed tigers and other large mammals that used... Continues he http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2157352/posts Jai Maharaj http://tinyurl.com/24fq83 http://www.mantra.com/jai http://www.mantra.com/jyotish Om Shanti |
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