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    Extinction of Dinosaurs due to Asteroid Impact Nobody knows for sure exactly how the dinosaurs became extinct. However scientists have speculated for decades about possible events that caused the dinosaurs to die out. Possibilities range from asteroids, to volcanoes, to climate changes. One of the more popular or well-known extinction theories involves the belief that an asteroid struck the Earth, causing devastating effects, and triggering mass extinctions around the end of the Cretaceous

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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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    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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    Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of the Dinosaurs A great problem in modern science is that growing gap between scientists and the rest of the world. As science becomes more complicated -Paleontology moves from simply digging up fossils to chemically analyzing them with Raman Spectroscopy and physics transitions from the dropping of balls off of buildings to the calculation of satellite trajectories- the public’s ability to comprehend, and more importantly, to enjoy science diminishes

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    Dinosaurs ruled the earth for over 65 million years and thankfully for the human race, they became extinct. Ultimately, only a major catastrophe could completely wipe out an entire species, let alone an entity of dinosaurs and the debacle on the causes of dinosaur extinction have flooded the minds of paleontologists for centuries. Geologist and zoologist Stephen Jay Gould published “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs,” to compare scientific and speculative causes of dinosaur

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    “Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs” is written by Stephen Jay Gould, professor of geology and zoology at Harvard. This essay is one of more than a hundred articles on evolution, zoology, and paleontology published by Gould in national magazines and journals. It tells about scientific proposals for the extinction of dinosaurs – a confusing but an exciting problem that humanity tries to solve. By analyzing and describing each of the claims for the reptiles’ demise – sex, drugs

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    In “Sex, Drugs, Disasters and Extinction of Dinosaurs”, Stephen Jay Gould believes that the ridicule assertion inspired by current events can often lead to well idealized, experimental, and promising discoveries. Stephen Jay Gould is employed at Harvard University in the faculty of science portraying his knowledge as a professor. Evidently, He publishes various writings and further demonstrate his research and studies on the basis of science. Gould uses three different theories such as of how scientists

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    Dinosaur Dinosaurs: Extinct or Natural Causes As geologic time goes, all the dinosaurs living on earth suddenly disappeared. How did these dominated and gigantic creatures really die? Was it a slow extinction through natural causes, or did it happen suddenly? These questions give rise to many different beliefs on how the dinosaurs disappeared over sixty-five million years ago. Something happened sixty-five million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period that was so devastating

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    rise of the dinosaurs is one of the most fascinating periods in the history of our planet. It is often the subject brings about a child 's first exposure to science. When the children learn about the prehistoric beast attractive, one of their main requirements related to the cause of their destruction, What could have led to the collapse of all creatures, living very successful for millions of years? This question has plagued experts and curious children as well as for decades Dinosaurs: How they became

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