![]() ![]() Black speculates that the sheer velocity of the space rock would make it improbable that any sign of its entry into the atmosphere would be visible before impact. For one, it is likely that the iconic image of a fireball descending through the sky never occurred. (Scientists put forward the Chicxulub crater as an indicator of this cataclysm.) Riley Black’s recent book The Last Days of the Dinosaurs gives us a scenario deviating somewhat from the stereotypical representation of the asteroid smashing into our home planet: a scenario that is also a bit more fleshed out than the traditional story. One of the prevailing suppositions regarding the end of the Age of Dinosaurs is the theory that an Earth-shattering asteroid caused extensive ecological annihilation. They were killed off long ago–perhaps more swiftly than many passing dino aficionados assume. Nevertheless, the terrible lizards are no longer with us. Dinosaurs always provoke nostalgia, whether they take us back to our own childhood or carry us to eons past, wondrous and unseen. Of these, dinosaurs come foremost to mind. There is something almost mythical and fantastic about these creatures. Nothing piques the human imagination quite like prehistoric animals. ![]() “This is a story about the meek inheriting the Earth.” ![]()
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