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World Service,11 Dec 2000,24 mins

Life Story - the Proterozoic era

Discovery

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A look at life in the pre-Cambrian era, more than half a billion years ago. Presenter Martin Redfern begins an exploration of some of the key periods in the early history of life on Earth. The programme looks at the Proterozoic era when bacteria ruled the planet.

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