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“Why are dinosaurs extinct?”
The Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago was the primary cause of dinosaur extinction. The impact created a massive crater in the Yucatán Peninsula and triggered a global environmental catastrophe that blocked sunlight, halting photosynthesis.
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The asteroid impact caused immediate devastation via heat and blast waves, leading to a prolonged 'impact winter' of darkness and cold that collapsed ecosystems. Approximately 75% of Earth's species, including all non-avian dinosaurs, went extinct.
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