1. Were dinosaurs already undergoing a long-term decline before an asteroid hit about 65.5 million years ago? New research shows that massive herbivores were, but carnivorous dinosaurs, like this Tyrannosaurus rex, and mid-sized herbivores were not. Read the full story here.  Image © AMNH/J. Brougham

    Were dinosaurs already undergoing a long-term decline before an asteroid hit about 65.5 million years ago? New research shows that massive herbivores were, but carnivorous dinosaurs, like this Tyrannosaurus rex, and mid-sized herbivores were not.

    Read the full story here. 

    Image © AMNH/J. Brougham

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    This also doesn’t make sense, because if herbivores were on the decline, then so were carnivores at some point…. seeing...
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    It always weirds me out when there are new studies that say, “ooh look at [thing] we have figured out!” and I’m like,...
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    Yep, yep! Some thrived where others did not, and it’s not a simple one-sentence reason towards that theoretical...
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