Grand Canyon’s age revised, again

Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus rex never peered over the Grand Canyon’s steep slopes

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YOUNG AT HEART  New geologic comparisons suggest that the Grand Canyon is less than 12 million years old.

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Estimates of the canyon’s origins vary from under 6 million (SN: 1/25/14, p.