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Hello everyone! my daughter asked me if something we saw in the akumal coast is a fossil or else. Of course we did not remove, we just took a video underwater, of which this screenshot is taken from thank you!
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Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure
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Iridium in undersea crater confirms asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs Hamish Johnston, Physics World, February 24, 2021, https://physicsworld.com/a/iridium-in-undersea-crater-confirms-asteroid-wiped-out-the-dinosaurs/ Tha paper is: Goderis, S., Sato, H., Ferrière, L, et al. 2021, Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure Science Advances 24 Feb 2021: Vol. 7, no. 9, eabe3647 https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/9/eabe3647 There are arguments that seismic waves from the Chicxulub imp-
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Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinction
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Astronomers: A comet fragment, not an asteroid, killed off the dinosaurs Jupiter's gravity pushed comet toward Sun; comet was ripped apart by tidal forces. Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, February 15, 2021 https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/02/astronomers-a-comet-fragment-not-an-asteroid-killed-off-the-dinosaurs/ The open access paper is: Siraj, A. and Loeb, A., Breakup of a Long-Period Comet as the Origin of the Dinosaur Extinction. Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-8232- 1 reply
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Submerged Ancient Human, Giant Sloth Remains Found in Mexican Cave
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Ancient human, giant sloth remains found in world's biggest flooded cave. Bones of Ice Age animals, including elephants and bears, found in Sac Actun system in Mexico. Thomson Reuters Posted: Feb 20, 2018 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mexico-flooded-cave-1.4543416 https://www.gob.mx/cultura/prensa/dan-a-conocer-hallazgos-en-el-sitio-arqueologico-sumergido-sac-actun Yours, Paul H. -
Ancient species of giant sloth discovered in Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
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Ancient species of giant sloth discovered in Mexico Borneo Bulletin, August 18, 2017 https://borneobulletin.com.bn/ancient-species-giant-sloth-discovered-mexico/ Fossilized remains of a giant sloth unearthed in Mexico By Victoria Ritter, Gears of Biz, August 20, 2017 http://gearsofbiz.com/fossilized-remains-of-a-giant-sloth-unearthed-in-mexico/16015 Ancient Giant Sloth Fossil Found in Underwater Cave While cave diving in Mexico, explorers uncovered 10,000- year-old remains of a new sloth species, National Geographic http://news.nation-
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