If your kids ask you what killed the dinosaurs, do you know the answer to that? Well, here’s something you can tell your kids. According to a scientific team, a giant asteroid smashed into Earth whuch caused  the extinction of the dinosaurs.

The asteroid  hit the planet with a force a billion times more powerful than the atomic bomb at Hiroshima. The extinction of the dinosaurs gave way to humans  being the dominant species on Earth.

The scientists that conducted the study were from  Europe, the United States, Mexico, Canada and Japan.