The impact scenario is based upon the occurrence of considerable widespread evidence of a large bolide striking the Earth. |
There is a considerable amount of evidence that a bolide collision with Earth triggered the end of the dinosaur era 65 million years ago. |
He'd predicted to the minute, and almost to the mile, the landing of the bolide of the night before. |
It was interpreted as a meteoroidal bolide followed by probable meteorite fall. |
It has even been speculated that if a bolide had not seen out the dinosaurs, then they would have eventually evolved into a human-grade intelligent species. |
This discovery has been interpreted as the consequence of a bolide impact and has assumed considerable significance in the context of the ongoing debate. |