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Asteroid that eliminated dinosaur gave rise to Amazon rainforest – Sify News
New York, April 5 (IANS) The asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs from Earth also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest, says a new study.
New York, April 5 (IANS) The asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs from Earth also gave birth to the Amazon rainforest, says a new study.
In an analysis of thousands of fossil pollen and leaves, the researchers found that the cataclysmic asteroid impact that resulted in the destruction of nearly 75 per cent of all terrestrial life on Earth drastically restructured tropical forests.
It set the stage for the evolution of what has become one of the planet’s most diverse ecosystems — the neotropical…
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