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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Peter Henry
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by Peter Henry - Oct. 1, 2008

Fantastic story of a "big picture" in science which might explain three different puzzles of the recent geologic past, near the end of the most recent ice age, 12,900 years ago. I love it when dramatic science stories make the cut and this is no exception. Who knows if the postulated theory (comet explosion) is the cause or not? Maybe it is, maybe not. That's the way of science.

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