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Ancient Craters and the Rise of Mammals

The story of our planet’s most dramatic transformation began with a catastrophic collision that forever changed the course of life on Earth. Picture this: sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid approximately ten kilometers in diameter hurtled toward our planet at incredible speed, ultimately striking what is now Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. This wasn’t just another space ...