In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago.
Rampino builds on the latest findings from leading geoscientists to take ``neocatastrophism`` a step furth.
In Cataclysms , Michael R.
Scientists found evidence for this theory in a ``crater of doom`` on the Yucatan Peninsula, showing that our planet had once been a target in a galactic shooting gallery.
In 1980, the science world was stunned when a maverick team of researchers proposed that a massive meteor strike had wiped the dinosaurs and other fauna from the Earth 66 million years ago