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Press Release - 09/9/2022

NOVA AND HHMI TANGLED BANK STUDIOS DOCUMENT EXTRAORDINARY FOSSIL DISCOVERY REVEALING HOW LIFE ON EARTH 66 MILLION YEARS AGO RECOVERED AFTER GIANT ASTEROID IMPACT

Boston (Oct. 24, 2019)—66 million years ago, a giant asteroid struck Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs in a fiery global catastrophe, but what happened next? How did life rebound? “Rise of the Mammals,” a NOVA production by HHMI Tangled Bank Studios for WGBH Boston, chronicles the discovery of an astonishing collection of fossils by scientists from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, revealing a strikingly detailed picture of how the world and life recovered after this cataclysmic event.