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Evolution didn’t wait long after the dinosaurs died

Marine ecosystems began recovering within just a few thousand years after the asteroid strike

An illustration shows a blue-and-green underwater scene with three types of plankton hovering above a fish's bones

This artist's rendition depicts three forms of new plankton species (top left) and algae (middle left) that arose within a few thousand years after the Chicxulub asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, represented by marine reptile bones.

The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences/John Maisano

By Elie Dolgin

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