Startling Discovery: Human Ancestors Survived Catastrophic Asteroid Impact That Wiped Out Dinosaurs

A recent study has made a startling proposition, challenging previous speculation about the presence of human ancestors during the age of dinosaurs. While it is widely accepted that an asteroid strike on Earth led to the mass extinction of dinosaurs, there have been various studies supporting this claim. However, this recent study introduces a surprising perspective.

Human ancestors such as dogs, bats and humans coexisted alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period, according to a study by researchers from the University of Bristol in the UK and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Fossil studies of mammals show that they existed 66 million years ago. Molecular data show that mammals are older than the Cretaceous Paleogene (K-PG), which also proves that dinosaurs and placental mammals coexisted!

Findings of the existence of placental mammals before the mass extinction

The study was published in Current Biology. clearly shows that placental mammals existed before the mass extinction, although the modern mammalian lineage began to develop after the mass event.

According to the study’s conclusion, there is about a 21.3% probability that 380 families of placental mammals coexisted during the age of the dinosaurs.

The mammalian families consisted of the ancestors of mammals, dogs and cats, rabbits and hares. In addition, the study agreed with previous molecular data, indicating that placental mammals mostly share a similar ancient origin.

During the study, thousands of placental mammal fossils were examined to determine their origin and extinction pattern.

This statistical study will also help researchers in the further classification of fossil digitization and classification of organisms, which will help strengthen the claims made.

“By studying both origins and extinctions, we can see more clearly the impact of events such as the K-Pg mass extinction or the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM),” says University of Bristol paleobiologist Phil Donoghue.

According to NASA, the asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. It’s called the Chicxulub impact crater. Scientists believe that the crater was formed by an asteroid. It led to a major biological catastrophe in which more than 50 percent of Earth’s species, including dinosaurs, became extinct.