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World Service,22 May 1995,28 mins

The ancestors of vertebrates

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Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrates. Also in the programme new approaches to treating melanoma which is the most deadly form of skin cancer and plants in the forests of Borneo which trap ants' breath in order to photosynthesise. Presenter: Ruth Linton.

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