The Volcano Theory: The Extinction Of Dinosaurs

Imagine a world where dinosaurs exist again… a Jurassic World. Should scientists bring back extinct species, like that of the dinosaurs? De-extinction is no longer a thing of science fiction; scientists have been trying to clone a Wooly Mammoth since the summer of 2011. Sadly scientists have said that the actual dinosaurs, like that of a T-Rex, have been dead for too long and therefore cannot be brought back. De- Extinction is could be great thing and it would greatly increase the planets biodiversity, it would be good for the environment, and it would be good for the economy, because who would not pay to see a dinosaur in real life?

One of the main arguments that Darwinsts use is the argument that fossils are evidence of evolution. I have gathered information from Your Inner Fish and internet sources. I found an article online that says in a nutshell; there 's two lines of evidence for evolution. The first line of evidence concerns the order in which fossils are found buried. Fossils are generally found buried in a sequential order. The first fossilized fish appear buried below the first fossilized amphibians which appear below the first fossilized reptiles which appear below the first fossilized birds and mammals. This is consistent with the Darwinian model of origins which says that birds and mammals evolved from reptiles which evolved from amphibians which evolved from fish. Not everything about the order in which fossils are found supports Darwin’s theory however. The basic structure of known

Summer is finally here. That’s something you'd think I’d be excited about. Well, not exactly. I haven’t been to school in months. No one has. This incident caused so much havoc in our small little town, so no one cares about school or work anymore. Everyone’s too busy trying to survive the outbreak instead. What happened to cause our quiet little town complete mayhem? Dinosaurs. Over grow lizards. Apparently the scientists have never seen Jurassic Park. It’s a clear reason of why you don’t try and bring extinct animals back to life. They’re dead for a reason. Anyways though, they just so happened to make the most dangerous dinosaurs first. They ended up growing faster than expected and were fully grown in 2 months. So now, there's just a bunch

Jurassic Park is a classic science fiction film about the problems one may run into when cloning dinosaurs and creating a Jurassic environment. However, the meaning behind the film may not be so obvious. A viewing of the film makes us question the future for paleontology, cloning technology, and human relationships. Why would the park open with dangers like velociraptors, tyrannosaurus rexes, and other carnivorous, strong, fast, and practically unstoppable dinosaurs present? How do the characters in the film treat death? How does this film portray stereotypes and fears? How does technology play a role in the film, and what does it all mean?

From the time that we’re young and claiming all the toys for ourselves to the time that we’re old and secretly, or maybe not so secretly, wanting the biggest piece of pie, it is human nature to only care about ourselves. Today’s society drills into our minds that we should “look out for number one,” but in Ray Bradbury’s science fiction story A Sound of Thunder, he tells the reader the complete opposite. In the exciting story about hunters who avoid making an impact on Time and History when they go back in time to shoot dinosaurs, he clearly shows that when people are self-centered, they will do things that hurt themselves and others.

The dinosaur extinction theory – a large asteroid impact and a giant volcanic eruption at the end of cretaceous – also supports that dinosaurs were cold blooded, when the dust due to the meteorite covered the earth, then the sun light could not penetrate the smoke and dust, thus sunlight did not enter the earth for many years, this lead to the drop in temperature on the land, as dinosaurs were cold blooded they could not raise their body temperature without sunlight and hence were

Researchers and scientists have constructed extensive research on dinosaur’s extinction. Speculation instead of real evidence seems common in most theories about the dinosaurs’ extinction. However, Jay Gould’s essay “Sex, Drugs, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs” is the complete opposite of speculation over evidence. Rather, Gould uses the mix of persuasive techniques, such as rhetorical questions, logos, along with profound evidence to not only disapprove of other theories but convince readers of his place on the dinosaur’s extinction.

aprosuchus is an extinct genus of mahajangasuchid crocodyliform. It is known from a single nearly complete skull collected from the Upper Cretaceous Echkar Formation of Niger. The name means "boar crocodile" from the Greek κάπρος, kapros ("boar") and σοῦχος, souchos ("crocodile") in reference to its unusually large caniniform teeth which resemble those of a boar.

The Earth's climate went through several major changes throughout the Tertiary period that led to the flourishing of primate species and the extinction of other primate species.

The changed climate and an ever increasing human population with hunting techniques that continually improved, the large animals in the Americas began to perish. By 8,000 years ago, two-thirds of all North American animals

Back in 1931, a mammoth fossil was found by a 15 year old named Earl Brooks in Nuckolls County, Nebraska. An expert was called in from the Hastings museum and he instantly identified the bones as mammoth and started excavating the skeleton. While digging a tunnel around the left scapula, Brooks encountered a hard object which he removed and it was identified as a fluted artifact. This was a major discovery as it was believed to be the first association between a fluted artifact and a mammoth skeleton. Controversy began when two scientists claimed that the land where the mammoth was found was far too old for a fluted artifact to be in play. Many scientists had taken position that the angus mammoth and the fluted artifact were a good association however there were the few skeptics who continued to look for and argue that the site was too old and therefore impossible to validate the discovery. Henry F. Osborne, a leading paleontologist, believed this finding represented the mammoth’s migration to North America from the Old world. The sites stratigraphy was studied again in the 80s and it was

Stephen Jay Gould's article, "Sex, Drugs, Disasters, and the Extinction of Dinosaurs”, discusses the essence of science and takes into consideration the significant distinction between both science and mere speculations. To my understanding, Gould is trying to communicate to his readers that sometimes scientists too fall victim to the trending themes of our culture and develop these senseless speculations to gain recognition. In order to prove his point, Gould introduces three theories on how the demise of the dinosaurs came to be- sex, drugs, and disaster. He explains that these will be an effective way of illustrating the difference between pseudoscience and genuine science. In my opinion, Gould’s purpose was to show us, the readers, how

In her writing, she gives detailed about her work and how she decides in her concept in her book. According to Lisa Randall,” I’ll discuss dark matter and the cosmos, but I will also delve into comments, asteroids, and the emergence and extinction of life, with a special focus on the object that fell to Earth,”(VIII, Introduction, Randall). This mentions all the topic she will talk about in her book and how much work she set up to do. She will the audience of the book an explanation about each topic and that how Earth ended the way it did with no dinosaurs. Also the impact it let in outer space that made the object fell to Earth. In past research, there were people who do work about dinosaurs and the extinction. Mentioning in her book about Luis Alvarez and Walter Alvarez giving credit on their findings on the K-T extinction. Randall states,” Perhaps that was a good thing in that its inadequacy precipitated the search for another method by the geologist Walter Alvarez and his father, the physicist Luis Alvarez, which led to the meteoroid hypothesis,”(page 174, Randall). This gives explanation towards the reason in why she got into this project try to make a clear explanation about the Alvarez's work in their hypothesis. She recognized the meaning towards these two men in how they came up with the hypothesis. Her research builds upon the work that other scientists have done try to have some of their work explain more clearly. Randall wanted to explain her work in finding the issues that people haven’t got a chance to solve or are unable to solve. She was intrigued by issues that had data, that she can able to make a model for consider the dark matter situation to

The reading claims that, Edmontosaurus migrated every Winter and Provide some Reasons to Support the hypothesis. HOWEVER, the Lecture disagreed with the statement and LOGICALLY refutes each of the Reasons.

Cenozoic Era is that stretch of geologic time that began approximately 65 mya and extends into the present. It is divided into Paleogene period (Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene) 65-23 mya, Neogene period (Miocene, Pliocene) 23-2.58 mya, and Quarternary period (Pleistocene, Holocene) 2.6 mya to present Reptiles that survived the mass extinction continued to evolve during this time into various open ecological niches (Fossilmuseum, 2016). As evidenced by existing records, not much of evolutionary changes occurred over this period since most reptiles resembled what we recognize them to be today and all dinosaurs except birds lived on.