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Comets behind ancient extinctions? [1]

Scientists have come up with a controversial theory which suggests that huge comet impacts wiped out North America's large mammals 13,000 years ago. According to a report in National Geographic News, the hypothesis proposes that an onslaught of extraterrestrial bodies caused the mass extinction known as the

Publication Date: 
08/05/2008
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Physical Science [3], Astronomy [4]

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