Asteroid-sized 9.6 KM hit Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs and 70% other species. About 65 million years ago, about 9.6 kilometers and medium-sized asteroid hit the Earth and destroy the dinosaurs, as well as more than 70 percent of other species of living beings. (starryskies.com)

VIVAnews -what would happen if a giant asteroid is not hit our planet and destroy the dinosaurs? This question is clear since a long time and now have started with the appearance of the answer.

As you know, there are many factors cause of musnahnya dinosaur from the surface of the Earth. However, echo the death knell for the largest animal ever to life was the arrival of medium-sized asteroid approximately 9.6 kilometers.

A giant asteroid were to fall into the area that became the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, approximately 65 million years ago. As a result of the collision of the asteroid with the Earth, in the region there are gaping holes now known as Chicxulub crater measuring width of more than 180 kilometers.

Shortly after the asteroid struck the Earth by mega-tsunami, fires that spread to the entire planet, as well as throwing dust and particles that are very much in the sky, which resulted in the tertutupnya of the Sun for several years and caused global cooling caused musnahnya dinosaurs and more than 70 percent of the other species of living beings.

"If the Meteor that does not hit the Earth, and the assumption that no other instances of weapons of mass destruction, life on this planet is probably still ruled by dinosaurs, as well as 160 million years before the musnahnya animals," said Damian the Nance, Professor of geoscience of Ohio University, as cited from life's Little Mysteries, May 14, 2011.

Nance mentions, if dinosaurs are not extinct, primates like us probably will not live. Mammals could only breed along with the breeding of dinoasaurus. However, they only occupy a particular ecological zones, and generally narrow more or less only for rats currently grows.

"Mammals can be displayed and breeding expanded after the plant-eating dinosaur that finally the destroyed dinosaur carnivore makes lost a source of food," said Nance.

The researchers speculated, the smart is also likely to dinosauroid together with humans evolved. Speculation is based on the relatively large size of the brain of the species trodontid, later, it is found that is a similar bird predators.

As you know, the dinosaur who managed to survive in the present, with a bird, it's pretty smart. But not smart enough to remain the master of life on Earth.

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14/05/2011 so great. ... All life is definitely the beginning and end. because all that is written in AL-LAWH AL MAHFUDZ, I think that if there are no asteroids hitting the Earth, perhaps in life now there will be no such thing as petroleum, natural gas, iron etc.

Ontario Lacus and Ontario have in common although they separate to 1.2 billion kilos. Lake Ontario in Canada (treehugger.com)

VIVAnews -despite the name and size that is more or less the same, Lake Ontario in the North American continent, planet Earth have a difference with Lake Ontario Lacus in Titan, a moon of Jupiter.

As water possesses, Ontario Ontario Lacus by 15 thousand square kilometres — slightly smaller than Lake Ontario-hold methana, ethana and propane.

Lake Ontario also invites many tourists who want to enjoy the warm sun, while Lake Ontario Lacus, relative to the distance is about 10 times farther from the Sun, has a very low temperatures, i.e. around minus 148 degrees Celsius.

Interestingly, both Ontario Lacus and Ontario have in common although the two lakes by a distance of approximately 1.2 billion kilometers separated. The equation is that the height of the surface of the liquid on both more modified in accordance with the changing of the seasons.

Satellite monitoring of Cassini, in a period between June 2005 to July 2009, the Ontario Lacus disappeared up 9.6 kilometers. Expected, the depths of the Lake also reduced to 1 metre per year. The following games: of Ontario, the Lake so 1.2 billion miles from Earth. (Source: NASA/JPL)

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In countries with low population growth go precisely the number of inhabitants still down. In developed countries with low population growth, the number of inhabitants is still going down. (abcnews.com)

VIVAnews -at the end of 2007, the UN announced that the population of humans on the planet Earth is a figure of around 6.7 billion people has achieved. The figures of approximately 7 billion people in this year, the United Nations predicts that the world population 10.1 billion.

According to the official report of the United Nations law 2010 revision of world population prospects, most of the increase in the population donated by countries that its citizens was very fond of childbirth. There are 39 countries in Africa, 9 in Asia, 6 in Oceania, and 4 in Latin America.

Bel "between 2011 and 2100, the average growth in the countries that the fertile triples will increase," the UN report, as quoted from DailyGalaxy, may 6, 2011. "The number has risen from 1.2 billion to 4.2 billion," call of the United Nations.

In the same period reached the pace of growth of the world's population lives in countries that the level of kesuburannya "average" only 2.6%, up from 2.8 billion to 3.5 billion.

The population in developed countries, low levels of fertility of the citizens were, however, of 20 percent. The population has now reached 2.9 billion will be left at 2.4 billion by 2100.

In addition, the UN estimated that, worldwide, levels of life expectancy (life expectancy) man also increases. From the age of 68 years in 2005-2011, in the year 2095 and 2100, the average human life until the age of 81 years.

More detail, in countries with high birth rate, life expectancy of 77 years reached its citizens.

In countries with high fertility, life expectancy reached 82. As in countries with low fertility, in the year 2095-2100, people can survive on average at the age of 86 years.

However, specifically on the report, the United Nations does not take into account the total population or of life expectancy due to an increase in genetic technology, nanomedis, an increase in human intelligence and other factors or as a result of population reduction opportunities of various other risks such as war or outbreaks of communicable diseases. (eh)

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