Giant asteroid killed off the dinosaurs? Not so fast...

[FBM]

If these guys are right, there'a 300,000-year gap between the asteroid strike and the die-off.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... ml?cnn=yes

[ScholasticSpastic]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

[FBM]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

Well, I'm always a fan of happy endings.

[ScholasticSpastic]

Well, I'm always a fan of happy endings.

I'm a fan of less creepy massage requests.

[FBM]

Well, I'm always a fan of happy endings.

I'm a fan of less creepy massage requests.

Eh...What we have here is a failure to communicate...

[Pappa]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

Did they all have pollen allergies?

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I just had to post this - inspired madness from John Otway - and just look at that guitar!!!

[Woodbutcher]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

I like this! Some of the dinosaurs simply chickened out....

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If these guys are right, there'a 300,000-year gap between the asteroid strike and the die-off.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... ml?cnn=yes

I saw these two on a NatGeo show. I'm no geologist, but they weren't convincing to me. They have to invalidate all the other evidence before their own theory gains credibility.

[Pappa]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

I like this! Some of the dinosaurs simply chickened out....

I have to remember that one.

[FBM]

If these guys are right, there'a 300,000-year gap between the asteroid strike and the die-off.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... ml?cnn=yes

I saw these two on a NatGeo show. I'm no geologist, but they weren't convincing to me. They have to invalidate all the other evidence before their own theory gains credibility.

It'd be interesting to keep track of what happens to their theory when it's subjected to wider peer review. But this is a pretty good theory, too:

"Tell me everything that's happened so far, Johnny."

"Well, first the Earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they died and turned to oil. And then the Arabs started buying Mercedes Benzes..."

[FBM]

It was the flowers what done it. Dinos couldn't adapt to flowering plants. The plants won the arms race and the dinos went kabloowey 'cept for the birds, who are crafty buggers.

I like that hypothesis because it ends with flowers slaying thunder lizards.

I like this! Some of the dinosaurs simply chickened out....

Oh! A witty one!

+1

[Gawdzilla Sama]

If these guys are right, there'a 300,000-year gap between the asteroid strike and the die-off.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article ... ml?cnn=yes

I saw these two on a NatGeo show. I'm no geologist, but they weren't convincing to me. They have to invalidate all the other evidence before their own theory gains credibility.

It'd be interesting to keep track of what happens to their theory when it's subjected to wider peer review. But this is a pretty good theory, too:

"Tell me everything that's happened so far, Johnny."

"Well, first the Earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came, but they got too big and fat, so they died and turned to oil. And then the Arabs started buying Mercedes Benzes..."

I like what one commentator said, "If they're right, the sauropods will still be dead, and the therapods will still have flown the coop."

[FBM]

I like what one commentator said, "If they're right, the sauropods will still be dead, and the therapods will still have flown the coop."

There ya go!