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Evidence of 'lightning-fast' evolution found after Chicxulub impact

  • January 22, 2026 at 6:51 AM
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Evidence of 'lightning-fast' evolution found after Chicxulub impact
The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new research shows that it also set the stage for life to rebound astonishingly quickly.

Originally published at Phys.org

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