Ben Garrod, co-presenter of the BBC special 'The Day the Dinosaurs Died,' stated that the dinosaurs' extinction depended on where the asteroid hit, rather than the asteroid's size, the scale of the blast, or its global reach.
Notes on verification
Direct quote attributed to Ben Garrod corroborated by multiple independent 2017 sources (Inverse, Earth.com, Universal-Sci, National Geographic education blog), all consistent with the claim's wording and attribution. [tier=unverified indep_score=0.3 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable] [rescored 2026-09-15: curated origin-host map (PR #65); unclassified hosts no longer scored as aggregators]
Sources
- 30 Seconds May Have Made All the Difference for Dinosaurs | HISTORY (seed:history_and_archaeology)
- https://blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2017/05/16/dinosaur-asteroid-hit-the-worst-possible-place/ (corroboration)
- https://www.inverse.com/article/31622-dinosaur-extinction-asteroid-documentary-bbc-mexico (corroboration)
- https://www.earth.com/news/asteroid-killed-dinosaurs-worst-place/ (corroboration)
- https://www.universal-sci.com/headlines/2017/5/18/dinosaur-killing-asteroid-hit-in-exactly-the-wrong-place (corroboration)
- https://dailygalaxy.com/2017/12/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died-chicxulub-asteroid-impact-equivalent-to-10-billion-hiroshima-bombs-hit-wo/ (corroboration)