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Younger Dryas impact hypothesis
Younger Dryas impact hypothesis4 key questions · 7 questions · 0 answered
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QuestionWhere it stands
Most likelyExtinctions were driven by climate change and human hunting over a longer period; Clovis gave way to…
Most likelyNo impact or airburst occurred; the proposed markers are terrestrial or background cosmic material…
Most likelyThe markers are background cosmic dust, volcanic or anthropogenic spherules, fire products or misidentified…
Most likelyThe claimed layers are of different ages, or their ages are not known well enough to say
Most likelyThe results do not support the conclusions because the age models, sampling and some identifications fail
Most likelyMeltwater from the retreating ice sheets weakened the Atlantic overturning circulation