Exploding Asteroid Theory Strengthened By New Evidence Located In Ohio, Indiana

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 16:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Was the course of life on the planet altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada? New evidence suggests the answer is affirmative. The timing attached to this theory of about 12,900 years ago is consistent with the known disappearances in North America of the wooly mammoth population and the first distinct human society to inhabit the continent, known as the Clovis civilization.

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