- After the K-Pg mass extinction event, snakes thrived. All living snakes can trace their lineage to the surviving species and it's what led snakes to expand into new regions, like Asia, taking part in what the scientists call "creative destruction." https://www.inverse.com/science/goodbye-dinosaurs-hello-snakes 15 comments science
- Scientists discover how snakes survived and diversified after the Cretaceous extinction event that killed 76 percent of species, including the dinosaurs. https://www.inverse.com/science/goodbye-dinosaurs-hello-snakes 5 comments science
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- Scientists discover biggest mass extinction since the dinosaurs https://www.inverse.com/science/unknown-extinction-event-sharks 472 comments
- Scientists propose wild new theory for what originally killed the dinosaurs https://www.inverse.com/science/new-dinosaur-study-debunks-famous-extinction 219 comments
- Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25136-y 2 comments
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