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The Secret Benefits of Extinction Events for Dinosaur Evolution

When we think about extinction events, we usually picture devastation, death, and the tragic loss of countless species. However, what if these catastrophic moments actually served as springboards for life to reach new heights? The story of dinosaur evolution is filled with surprising twists where extinction events didn’t just end old chapters – they wrote ...

The Great Dying of the Archosaurs

Triassic Survivors: How Dinosaurs Thrived After Earth’s Greatest Extinction

What if the secret to one of evolution’s greatest success stories wasn’t about being the strongest or the smartest, but simply about staying warm? The rise of dinosaurs from humble beginnings to planetary dominance is a tale of survival against impossible odds, where feathers proved mightier than fangs. In the aftermath of the Permian-Triassic extinction—the ...

Why Archosaurs Conquered the World

After Extinction: The Rise of the Triassic Dinosaurs

The Triassic Period began roughly 252 million years ago after Earth’s most devastating extinction event. The Permian-Triassic extinction event wiped out an estimated 57% of biological families and 81% of marine species. But from this apocalyptic landscape emerged one of the most remarkable evolutionary success stories in Earth’s history. Out of the ruins came strange ...

The Triassic World: A Planet in Recovery Mode

Evolution’s Lottery Winners: How Dinosaurs Got Lucky in the Triassic

Picture the most catastrophic disaster Earth has ever witnessed. It wasn’t a comet from space or even a nuclear war – it happened 252 million years ago when volcanic hellfire from Siberia literally cooked the planet. The Permian–Triassic extinction event, colloquially known as the Great Dying, was an extinction event that occurred approximately 251.9 million ...