The rise of dinosaurs coincided with environmental changes driven by major volcanic eruptions over 230 million years ago, a new study reveals. The Late Triassic Carnian Pluvial Episode (CPE) saw an increase in global temperature and humidity – creating a major impact on the development of animal and plant life, …
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All living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, the findings of a new study suggest. Researchers from the University of Bath say that this devastating extinction event that happened at the end of the Cretaceous period was a …
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