Comments on: Disease and the Demise of the Dinosaurs http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/disease-and-the-demise-of-the-dinosaurs/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: sparcboy http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/disease-and-the-demise-of-the-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-6564 sparcboy Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:23:51 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8018#comment-6564 Why did the extinction have to be one thing or another, instead of a combination of reasons. It's known that stress causes a decrease in immune system function. If the environment was changing faster than organisms could adapt and thus causing stress, it makes sense that more disease and illness would occur simultaneously, thus contributing to other factors. Why did the extinction have to be one thing or another, instead of a combination of reasons. It’s known that stress causes a decrease in immune system function. If the environment was changing faster than organisms could adapt and thus causing stress, it makes sense that more disease and illness would occur simultaneously, thus contributing to other factors.

]]> By: Zach Miller http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/06/disease-and-the-demise-of-the-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-6559 Zach Miller Fri, 15 Jun 2012 22:16:29 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=8018#comment-6559 Well, I still like Gary Larson's theory. Also, we can't discount Space AIDS. Well, I still like Gary Larson’s theory.

Also, we can’t discount Space AIDS.

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