Answer from Above
Lonnehart on June 24, 2010
Long ago I was taught that an asteroid the size of Mount Everest came down to Earth and obliterated the dinosaurs. Now thanks to more research I know that there was more than that. There was probably a major volcanic eruption going on at the same time. A one-two punch that brought about the end of the “terrible lizards” and the bringing on the Age of Mammals. Of course, there are some people who will tell you that people and dinosaurs existed at the same time. They would also tell you that the dinosaurs went extinct because “humans ate them all”… Oddly enough, that's the same argument that's used to explain why all those wooly mammoths and sabre toothed tigers are all extinct…
Keybounce at 12:28PM, Oct. 19, 2010
It's my understanding that the asteroid impact was responsible for the volcanic eruptions -- a "ringing of the bell" effect of a big object hitting one side of the planet, shifting the insides to hit the other side. Now, lets see more of these.
usedbooks at 10:37AM, July 2, 2010
Actually, it's highly likely that human hunting was a major contribution to the extinction of megafauna (mammals) including the mastadon. The timeline of the ice age extinctions of megafauna maps out eerily similar to the timeline of human expansion into the areas with those species. The Stellar Sea Cow may have been one of the last megafauna victims because people didn't make it to that animal's remote habitat until much later on. Also, some African species of "big" mammals (elephants, giraffes) still exist, presumably because they lived with humans long enough to adapt. Of course this was LOOOOONG after dinosaurs -- except for birds.
Darius Drake at 3:59AM, June 25, 2010
Hey! The Dodo was killed off for that reason, stop trying to push it off on other extinct species!
MOrgan at 2:18AM, June 25, 2010
You'd think it would be a "No". ;-)
ghostrunner at 1:17AM, June 25, 2010
they were delicious. tasted like chicken :D