Diamonds tell tale of comet that killed off the cavemen

Scientists will outline dramatic evidence this week that suggests a comet exploded over the Earth nearly 13,000 years ago, creating a hail of fireballs that set fire to most of the northern hemisphere.

Primitive Stone Age cultures were destroyed and populations of mammoths and other large land animals, such as the mastodon, were wiped out. The blast also caused a major bout of climatic cooling that lasted 1,000 years and seriously disrupted the ... Full Story »

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Jami Dwyer
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by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Certainly an interesting story, seemingly plausible. Article doesn't question what else might have caused the "microdiamonds" and whether they formed at the same time, but this may have been addressed by the scientists, and they admit it's work in progress.

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