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Vodcast: Animal Dawn

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Carolyn Haese

Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido presented his talk ‘Animal Dawn’ to a full house at the recent Research Tuesdays Seminar Series.

Diego’s talk tracing the rise of animal life on Earth can be viewed below:

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