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Scientists say they can now definitively back, the long held theory
that a huge asteroid striking the earth some 65 million years ago
约6500万年前，一颗巨大的小行星撞击地球
was responsible for wiping out the dinosaurs
这是造成恐龙
and more than half of all animal species on the planet.
以及超过地球一半以上物种灭绝的原因。
The scientists finally discounted an alternative theory
科学家们最终否认了另一种理论
that volcanic eruptions caused the dinosaur's demise.
那就是火山爆发造成了恐龙的灭亡。
Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh reports.
我们的科学记者帕拉博●格什报道到。
The popular conception is that dinosaur's reign supreme
流行的观点是，恐龙一直以来都是最高统治者
until they were suddenly eradicated from the face of the planet.
直到他们突然从这颗星球表面消失。
The theory goes that a giant asteroid crashed into the earth,
这个理论认为一颗巨大的小行星撞上了地球，
wiping out half of all life on earth.
消灭了地球上一半的生命。
Some scientists though say that there is evidence that dinosaur survived the asteroid impact
然而一些科学家提出，有证据表明恐龙从小行星撞击中幸存下来
and became extinct some 300,000 years later.
且30万年后才灭绝。
But a new analysis of all the available research
但对现有可用研究的新分析
has backed the view that it was a giant asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
支持那个巨大小行星的撞击导致恐龙灭绝的观点。
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