Site of Asteroid Impact Changed the History of Life (image)

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Fig. 1) Mass extinction only occurred when the asteroid having 9-km diameter hit the orange areas.
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Kunio Kaiho
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Fig. 1) Mass extinction only occurred when the asteroid having 9-km diameter hit the orange areas.
Kunio Kaiho
Credit:Kunio Kaiho
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