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Dinosaurs wiped out by "bad luck"─── 17:16 Mon, 28 Jul 2014
Edinburg - Dinosaurs might have survived if the asteroid that wiped them out had hit the Earth a few million years later or earlier, a new study suggests.
According to the study, dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid impact when they were at their most vulnerable. Leader of the study, Steve Brusatte, of Edinburgh University, said sea level rises and volcanic activity had made many species more susceptible to extinction.
They might have survived if the asteroid had hit the Earth a few million years later or earlier, he said, calling it "colossal bad luck".
The assessment has been published in the journal, Biological Reviews. The study brought together 11 leading dinosaur experts from the UK, US and Canada to assess the latest research on the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
BBC
