What wiped out the dinosaurs? Most of us were taught it was a killer asteroid—which is true. But it turns out there was more than one disaster movie playing at the cineplex that was Earth 66 million years ago. If you liked this video, check out more videos about natural history and paleontology on SciShow's sister channel, Eons: https://www.youtube.com/eons Hosted by: Hank Green ---------- Messages from our Subbable subscribers: Wanna read comics by a nerdfighter? Check out www.LonnieComics.com! DFTBA! - Lonnie Comics Science for life! And corn dogs. DFTBA - William Brehm ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Thanks Tank Tumblr: http://thankstank.tumblr.com Sources: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinctheory.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130212--chicxulub-asteroid-dinosaurs-volcano-mass-extinction-environment-science/ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417221713.htm http://web.mit.edu/nchat/www/research-deccan.shtml http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/europe_west_asia/india/deccan.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_regression http://www.bio.sdsu.edu/faculty/archibald/Archibald02DinoExtiViews.pdf http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/G204/lectures/204kpg.html http://paleobiology.si.edu/geotime/main/htmlversion/cretaceous4.html http://studentresearch.wcp.muohio.edu/extinctionsradiations/massextinctionsealevel.pdf http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2014/02/24/G35262.1.abstract?rss=1 https://www.academia.edu/7040995/Rapid_short-term_cooling_following_the_Chicxulub_impact_at_the_Cretaceous-Paleogene_boundary