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Could dinosaurs still exist somewhere in the world? A paleontologist explains

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Ruben M. asks: Did all dinosaurs become extinct, killed when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago? Or could a few of them, somehow, have survived that mass extinction event with their descendants living even today ? To find them, just go outside and look up. Think of that to see a dinosaur, all you need to look up is a glance.

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