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Why were paleontologists initially skeptical of the Alvarez hypothesis for the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs?
Archaeology and Paleontology
Asteroids, Comets, and Small Bodies
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Alvarez hypothesis: asteroid impact caused the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
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