Their reproductive strategy spelled the beginning of the end: The fact that dinosaurs laid eggs put them at a considerable disadvantage compared to viviparous mammals. Together with colleagues from the Zoological Society of London, Daryl Codron and Marcus Clauss from the University of Zurich investigated and published why and how this ultimately led to the extinction of the dinosaurs in the journal Biology Letters.
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Sixth mass extinction underway: 75% of species could die out in next 300 years
The Earth is en route to its sixth mass extinction, say a group of paleobiologists in the latest edition of Nature.