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Discover the largest crater on Earth
Archeology

Discover the largest crater on Earth

Scientists believe that the Australian cracks are a trace of the largest crater ever created when meteorites hit Earth.

December 17, 2018
Revealing the cause of the elephant's extinction
Archeology

Revealing the cause of the elephant's extinction

Mammoths disappeared from the ground after massive meteorites fell to Earth 12 thousand years ago. Many animals that cannot adapt to such sudden changes in climate have…

December 17, 2018
Extinct dinosaurs are not just meteorites
Archeology

Extinct dinosaurs are not just meteorites

A new study shows that some dinosaurs died out in the last 12 million years of the Cretaceous (about 150 million years ago), long before meteorites attacked the earth. U…

December 17, 2018
New discovery of the extinction of dinosaurs
Archeology

New discovery of the extinction of dinosaurs

Previously, scientists always believed that Chicxulub crater craters in the Gulf of Mexico were the result of a collision between Earth and Chicxulub and it was this imp…

December 17, 2018
Meteorites make dinosaurs extinct
Archeology

Meteorites make dinosaurs extinct

Scientists have come to the final conclusion that a giant meteorite fell to Earth as the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

December 17, 2018
Meteors do not destroy all dinosaurs
Archeology

Meteors do not destroy all dinosaurs

US scientists have found evidence that dinosaurs continue to live another 300,000 years after an asteroid hit the earth.

December 17, 2018