Earliest alligators thrived shortly after dinosaur extinction
Analysis shows large alligators flourished in North America just hundreds of thousands of years after the asteroid impact that ended the age of dinosaurs.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 11 Sept 2026. Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories published first, on 11 September at 12:00 UTC; New Scientist followed 5h 00m later. The most recent article, from New Scientist, appeared on 11 September at 17:00 UTC.
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