1) What piece of evidence initially convinced Dr. Alvarez that a mass extinction had occurred at the K-T boundary? 2) What was the first clue that an asteroid had struck Earth at around the same time as the mass extinction? 3) What additional observations and findings supported the asteroid-impact hypothesis?

1) What piece of evidence initially convinced Dr. Alvarez that a mass extinction had occurred at the K-T boundary? 2) What was the first clue that an asteroid had struck Earth at around the same time as the mass extinction? 3) What additional observations and findings supported the asteroid-impact hypothesis?

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