The episode of TED Radio Hour explores the pivotal moment 66 million years ago when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs, using the Edelman Fossil Park in New Jersey as a unique window into Earth’s fifth mass extinction. Paleontologist Ken Lacovara reveals how this site, once a muddy quarr
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