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Scientists say they can now definitively back, the long held theory
科学家说他们现在可以确定
that a huge asteroid striking the earth some 65 million years ago
恐龙灭绝是因为
was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs
6500万年前一颗小行星撞上了地球
and more than half of all animal species on the planet.
并灭绝了其他超过一半的物种
The scientists finally discounted an alternative theory
科学家最终筛检处一个可能的理论
that volcanic eruptions caused the dinosaur's demise.
那就是火山喷发导致了恐龙的灭绝
Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh reports.
我们的新闻记者Pallab Ghosh报道：
The popular conception is that dinosaur's reign supreme
“最热门的概念是恐龙一直主宰者地球
until they were suddenly eradicated from the face of the planet.
直到它们突然从地球上被灭绝了
The theory goes that a giant asteroid crashed into the earth,
这个理论是说一颗巨大的小行星撞上了地球
wiping out half of all life on earth.
消灭了一半的生物
Some scientists though say that those evidences that dinosaur survived the asteroid impact
有些科学家有些证据表明恐龙在小行星的撞击下生存了下来
and became extinct some 300,000 years later.
慢慢地在300000年后灭绝了
But a new analysis of all the available research
但通过对一个研究的分析
has backed the view that it was a giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
现在普遍认为还是小行星灭绝了恐龙
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