What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs?

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The extinction of the dinosaurs is a mystery that has intrigued scientists for more than a century. Fossilized remains of large reptiles are discovered worldwide, yet none of these creatures are alive today. What happened to them?

The prevailing belief is that dinosaurs mysteriously became extinct approximately 65 million years ago. Various explanations have been proposed. The two most widely accepted theories regarding dinosaur extinction are the Impact Event Hypothesis and the Massive Volcanism Hypothesis. The former suggests that one or more asteroids collided with the earth, triggering a “nuclear winter” that led to the dinosaurs’ extinction. The latter attributes their demise to intense volcanism—prolonged, widespread volcanic eruptions. Both theories reference the significant amount of iridium (Ir) discovered in the sediments marking the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the Paleogene (referred to as the K-Pg boundary; previously known as the K-T boundary), which, according to the prevailing belief, corresponds to the period when dinosaurs disappeared.

While both extinction hypotheses consider some evidence, they also overlook certain aspects. For instance, if either theory is accurate and there is a gap of over 60 million years between humans and dinosaurs, how can we explain petroglyphs and other ancient artworks depicting humans interacting with well-known dinosaurs like the triceratops, stegosaurus, tyrannosaurus, and sauropods? (Some glyphs even portray people domesticating and riding these creatures.) Additionally, some individuals claim to have discovered fossilized dinosaur tracks alongside hoof prints and human footprints in the same rock layers. How can we reconcile this with the traditional viewpoint? If dinosaurs vanished long before humans evolved, why do ancient civilizations from every inhabited continent on earth record such interactions?

Did our ancestors have interactions with giant reptiles? These creatures are commonly referred to as “dragons” today and have been collectively relegated to mythology.

However, we must ask ourselves, how is it that so many isolated cultures from around the world came to share the same mythos of dragons? Could there be a core historical truth to the legends? Could it be that the extinct dinosaurs—the giant reptiles we find buried in the dirt—have something to do with the giant reptiles our ancestors spoke of just centuries ago? We believe that this is the case. The preponderance of evidence suggests to us that the conventional perspective is fundamentally flawed. Mankind appears to have collective amnesia regarding this matter, and we have effectively constituted a “scientific” paradigm to keep us in the dark.

How then do we account for the extinction of the dinosaurs? The same way we account for the extinction of the other estimated 20,000 to 2 million species that scientists believe may have gone extinct over the past century alone—a combination of climate change and the proliferation of the human species after the worldwide flood of Noah’s day. Climate change can be very destructive to ecosystems in general, and we tend to kill or drive out all of our major competition in particular. That is why we don’t find too many other predators—lions, tigers, and bears, etc.—in our suburbs and cities or even rural communities. We are at the very top of the food chain for a reason.

In Hollywood movies like Jurassic World, we see dinosaurs brought back from extinction—and hunting us down and eating us alive. And, no doubt, if humans and dinosaurs coexisted, some of that carnage certainly happened. But, for the most part, the opposite was true. We hunted them down and cooked them for dinner. In many of the legends and much of the ancient artwork, that is exactly what we find—humans hunting down the giant reptiles and killing them. Lions, tigers, and bears did not have it quite as bad as the dinosaurs.

It appears that dinosaurs did not completely vanish from the Earth. Some of them may still exist in isolated regions that remain beyond our full control. There are numerous reports each year supporting this idea, particularly from indigenous communities in remote areas. These groups share their stories with skeptical Western scientists who, due to their entrenched scientific beliefs, often dismiss the accounts. We believe that this skepticism is misguided. Science should entail unbiased examination of evidence, rather than a subjective attempt to support flawed historical theories about the Earth.