Dinosaurs Done In Due To Lack Of Females

[matcom]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An asteroid may have wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago not simply by changing the world's climate and causing years of dark skies, but also by causing too many of them to be born male, U.S. and British researchers say.

If dinosaurs were like modern-day reptiles such as crocodiles, they change sex based on temperature, David Miller of the University of Leeds in Britain and colleagues noted Tuesday. And even a small skewing of populations toward males would have led to eventual extinction.

Most experts agree that one or more asteroid impacts probably triggered a series of global changes that killed off the dinosaurs and many other species of life on Earth. The impacts would have kicked up dust that cooled the air and also triggered volcanic activity that would have created even more dust and ash.

No one really knows if dinosaurs were more like reptiles, or something closer to mammals. Reptiles have very different metabolisms than mammals and also have various ways of determining the sex of offspring.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=3&u=/nm/20040421/od_nm/dinosaurs_dc

[phatkatt]

1. I know the feeling ...

:(

[zbdent]

2. yeah, I know how hard it is to get her excited when it's cold

nothing like asking a freezing woman to take off her clothes . . .

[bif]

3. Maybe the Republicans will go out the same way.

One can only hope.

[kmla]

4. This phenonenon could also explain the waning popularity

of Star Trek Conventions, as well.



I know I'm gonna get flamed for saying that.

Oh, well. I'm ready. Flame if you must...

[Loonman]

5. Kind of like the Boston singles scene

Non-existent.

Where is that damn asteroid?