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Eons
Can We Get DNA From Fossils?
Scientists have been working for decades to unlock the genetic secrets of the past.
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What Was the Ancestor of Everything?
Join hosts Kallie Moore, Michelle Barboza-Ramirez, Gabriel Santos, and Blake de Pastino as they take you on a journey through the history of life on Earth. From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age.
What Was the Ancestor of Everything?
Season 1 Episode 37 | 11m 6s | CC
The search for our origins go back to a single common ancestor -- one that remains shrouded in mystery. It’s the ancestor of everything we know and today scientists call it the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA.
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