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    So what killed the dinosaurs? Without having any background education in science it is hard for the general public to comprehend such matters and they rely on the knowledge of the scientists in this field. Although there has been much research on the subject nobody has come up with a conclusive answer. And we are left to read the countless articles, all having their own opinions as to the mass extinction. One such theory is that a shift in the solar system could have caused the mass destruction.

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    The mass extinction of the dinosaurs happened approximately 65 million years ago and was Mass extinction of the Dinosaurs the most dramatic extinction in the history of the Earth. ( national geographic, 2015 ) The dinosaur extinction could have been sudden or gradual depending on the cause. Scientists have thoroughly researched and finally found two major options, the asteroid impact theory and the volcanic theory, that have many similar qualities, but on the other hand are very different. These

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    Opinionated by Stephen Jay Gould, he writes Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs in literary style to treat complex concepts with absolute clarity for the extinction of dinosaurs. A group of experts, and some scientists, have each made their own proposal to the extinction of dinosaurs. Many conclusions from science are impossible to prove, which leads to claims that develop no interest further in society, as well as to scientists when methods cannot be tested. In science and statistics

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    of all of the dinosaurs because of the fact that they move so quickly and are far too difficult to take care of, so he believes that this version should make them slower. Hammond doesn't agree with this as he believes that the dinosaurs wouldn't be real if they altered them, but Wu states that they already aren't real because they are engineered. 2) While they're in the control room on their tour, John Arnold, the chief engineer of the park, mentions how they monitor the dinosaurs through motion

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    Warm Blooded Versus Cold Blooded Dinosaurs               At a time, scientists believed all dinosaurs were cold-blooded.  However, with a recent discovery of a dinosaur found with a fossilized heart in the northern part of South Dakota in 1993, many paleontologists are starting to think that there were some dinosaurs that were warm blooded.              Dinosaurs were first believed to be cold-blooded because they were thought to be related closely to reptiles which are cold-blooded creatures

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    million years ago, Dinosaurs diverged from their Archosaurs ancestors during the middle to late Triassic period. For 160 million years they have dominated our planet. They are dubbed the most successful species to have lived on Earth. However, 65 million years ago, the most recent mass extinction seemed to have caused all of them to die-off. What caused the demise of the dinosaurs and 60% of life on Earth at the time? How did it affect life on Earth afterwards? Are all of the Dinosaurs dead? Will this

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    For years, many discoveries and assumptions have been made about dinosaurs. All around the world, new dinosaur fossils are found and paleontologist continued to be baffled and amazed at the traits these creatures possessed. Naturally, researchers ask questions about the newly-discovered fossils. Was this dinosaur aquatic? Is it a herbivore or a carnivore? Did it take care of its young? There are many theories based on the appearance of fossils and what they can tell us by studying the modern day

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    sauros meaning a lizard. From these words “Dinosaur” is created. When imagining a dinosaur, do thoughts of a large Tyrannosaurus Rex, a swift Velociraptor, or a gliding Pterodactyl appear? Or are those thoughts composed of an image of a small Compsognathus? Do visions of the dinosaurs that we often saw in our childhood come to mind? The amiable brightly colored friends in cartoons or the fearsome bloodthirsty experiments in movies? Were those dinosaurs portrayed accurately? There are features such

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    How did dinosaurs become extinct? This has been a question of society for 340 years and counting. Back in 1676 Robert plot who was the curator of an English museum described and drew a thigh bone that he believed belonged to a giant man. Despite the fact that the fossil disappeared without a trace the illustration Robert Plot had drew suggests that it could have been part of a Megalosaurus. Large teeth were later discovered in England by Mary Ann Mantell and her husband Gideon. The remains

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    Creation v. Evolution: Did Dinosaurs Really Die Millions Of Years Ago? Evolutionary scientists say that dinosaurs died millions of years before man had evolved. But does the evidence support that? Could they not have lived alongside man, as so many ancient stories suggest? From the unfossilized T-Rex bone to the stories of encounters with dragons to Mokele-Mbembe in Africa are some of the pieces of evidence that support this view that goes along with the Creationist model of a Young Earth of approximately

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