A Tale of Two Theories That Took 2 Decades to Come Together

If you ask a school-going kid in present day about what happened to dinosaurs, they’ll tell you that dinosaurs went extinct because an asteroid hit the Earth millions of years ago. If you asked the same question to a kid in 1960s-80s they wouldn’t have an answer. This is because the scientific theory that dinosaur extinction was caused by a giant asteroid was initially proposed in the 80s and yet it wasn’t accepted for the next few decades. It wasn’t just one independent theory that led to this conclusion, it was a series of studies, from different scientific fields, focusing on different variables and hypothesis that led to the most accepted conclusion about dinosaur extinction. This post focuses on some of the key studies that helped conclude the most widely accepted theory on this topic and how they were just not able to come together for two decades. <a href="https://thepsychmortal.medium.com/a-tale-of-two-theories-that-took-2-decades-to-come-together-4dec8784cc0d">Learn More</a>