early life

71,000 BCE bifacial silcrete point found at the Blombos Cave in South Africa.

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398

Earth’s First Geologists

December 10, 2024

A light microscopy image shows the marine algae Braarudosphaera bigelowii.

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394

When Small Organisms Merge

November 12, 2024

Alvin being lifted onto the deck of WHOI RV Atlantis

Episode

370

The Longest, Deepest Diver

May 28, 2024

Nematodes

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349

Extreme Nematodes

January 2, 2024

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285

How Fossils Form

October 12, 2022

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254

Sponges on the Move

March 6, 2022

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244

Not a Creature Was Stirring

December 25, 2021

Episode

197

Blue-blooded Horseshoe Crabs

January 30, 2021

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196

Horseshoe Crabs: Living Fossils

January 23, 2021

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168

The Day's Getting Longer

July 10, 2020

Episode

97

Surviving the Asteroid

February 25, 2019

Episode

95

Minerals Evolve, Too

February 11, 2019

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45

Fantastic Beasts

February 26, 2018