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World Service,29 Sep 1999,28 mins

Origins

My Century

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How the origins of man and planet Earth have developed over the 20th Century. The Leakey family's revellations about our ancient ancestors; Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees; Stanley Miller's work on the origins of life on Earth; Tim Leland's account of finding dinosaurs; and Bob Wilson's discoveries of the big bang theory.

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