Posted by Rockhammer from 129.237.141.49 on July 27, 1999 at 07:23:47:
In Reply to: Mysteries of the Universe posted by Nick Kismet on July 26, 1999 at 14:17:49:
: In the tradition of Indiana Jones, investigator of ancient cultures and supernatural mysteries, I ask all of you this question:
: What is the greatest, most profound mystery of our planet, or the universe in general, that you would like to find a definitive answer to? (answered in a scientific manner)
: Questions involving God, the afterlife, and so forth may be beyond the realm of science to document. I am thinking more along the lines of "What happened to the Maya or the Anasazi?" or "Did Atlantis really exist?"
In my case, it would probably be: What REALLY caused the extinction of the Dinosaurs?
I'm not going to go into detail in this, as it's a little off topic here, but suffice it to say I doubt it was the famous asteroid impact on its own. After all, many other creatures (big ones, some reptiles too) survived.
Rockhammer