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Walter Alvarez was an American geologist whose research significantly advanced our understanding of the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. He and his team proposed in 1980 that a large asteroid impact, centered in the Yucatan Peninsula, triggered widespread devastation leading to the demise of numerous species including the dinosaurs. This work remains foundational for studying catastrophic impact events and is particularly relevant to paleontologists and geoscientists investigating mass extinctions.
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