[RadioAstronomer]

I wonder if they are taking into account the long-term change in climate from the meteor impact the formed the KT boundary. That in the end may have had a greater impact (pun intended) than the demise of the dinosaurs.

[Zeroisanumber]

I wonder if they are taking into account the long-term change in climate from the meteor impact the formed the KT boundary. That in the end may have had a greater impact (pun intended) than the demise of the dinosaurs.

I was thinking the same thing. I don't think there'd even be much in the way of food after something like that, and definitely not enough for there to be an explosion of species.