A partially exposed 66-million-year-old fish fossil uncovered by Robert DePalma and his colleagues in North Dakota. Robert DePalma / Kansas University / AFP
A partially exposed 66-million-year-old fish fossil uncovered by Robert DePalma and his colleagues in North Dakota. Robert DePalma / Kansas University / AFP

The Americas

Killer asteroid: fossils provide evidence of catastrophic impact

Researchers say their finds support theory of cosmic cause behind extinction of dinosaurs and almost all other life on Earth

Agence France Presse

April 01, 2019