Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid (IMAGE)

University of Bath

Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

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All living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs and most other living things at the end of the Cretaceous.

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Joschua Knüppe

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