The Asteroid and the Dinosaur

Mar 10, 1981 on PBS at 9:00 PM

Summary

For 150 million years, dinosaurs dominated the earth. Then, 65 million years ago, they suddenly vanished, along with a great deal of the planet's animal and plant life. NOVA examines a remarkable theory about the cause of the catastrophe—in which the... (more) first clue to the solution was a piece of clay.

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