Yale University: Tree-Dwelling Mammals Endured After Asteroid Strike Destroyed Forests
October 11, 2021
October 11, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Oct. 11 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and devastated the Earth's forests, but tree-dwelling ancestors of primates may have survived it, according to a new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
Overall, the study supports the hypothesis that the widespread destruction of forests following the asteroid's impact favored ground . . .
An asteroid strike 66 million years ago wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs and devastated the Earth's forests, but tree-dwelling ancestors of primates may have survived it, according to a new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
Overall, the study supports the hypothesis that the widespread destruction of forests following the asteroid's impact favored ground . . .