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Explorations and Scientists
Dr. Diaz with sponge* Searching for the First Animal:
 Sponges		   * Cristina Diaz
 Biologist		   Origins
Mitch Sogin* Finding Proof of the First Animal:
 Sponges DNA		   * Mitchell Sogin
 Evolutionary Biologist		   Origins
Jellyfish* To Swim or To Eat:
 Why Jellyfish Move		   * Jack Costello
 Biologist		   Life on the Move
Jellyfish* Going Deeper:
 Jellyfish in the Ocean's Midwaters		   * Bruce Robison
 Biologist		   Life on the Move
Flatworm fossil* Flatworm Fossils:
 Evidence of the First Animals With Heads		   * Whitey Hagadorn
 Paleontologist		   The First Hunter
Flatworm penis-fencing* Fighting to Mate:
 Flatworm Penis Fencing		   * Leslie Newman
 Marine Biologist		   The First Hunter
Spider fossil fragments* Making the Leap:
 How Arthropods Left the Sea		   * Bill Shear
 Biologist		   The Conquerors
Crab on treadmill* Built to Move:
Arthropod Locomotion		   * Robert Full
 Biologist		   The Conquerors
Geerat Vermeij* Touching Evolution:
 A History of Shells		   * Geerat Vermeij
 Evolutionary Biologist		   The Survival Game
Nautilus* Up From the Deep:
 The Nautilus and Secrets of the Ancient Oceans		   * Peter Ward
 Paleontologist		   The Survival Game
Divers* Five Legs Good, Two Legs No Better:
 Echinoderms		   * Gail Kaaialii
 Biologist		   The Ultimate Animal
Don Wobber, Chuck Baxter & John Pearse* Digesting Mussels in the Shell:
 Documenting Echinoderm Behavior		   * John Pearse & Don Wobber
 Biologists		   The Ultimate Animal
Barrel Sponge* Biological Big Bang:
 The Cambrian Explosion		   * Rudy Raff
 Biologist		   Explosion of Life
Worm* Wowed by Worms:
 The Evolution and Ecology of Annelids		   * Damhnait McHugh
 Biologist		   Explosion of Life
Jenny Clack looking at fossils* From Fins to Feet:
 How Vertebrates First Walked on Land		   * Jenny Clack
Paleontologist		   Explosion of Life
Kristi Curry-Rogers* Growing Fast:
 Fossils Reveal Dinosaur Growth Rate		   * Kristi Curry-Rogers
Paleontologist		   Explosion of Life

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