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    • Origins

    • Life on the Move

    • The First Hunter

    • The Conquerors

    • Survival Game

    • Ultimate Animal

    • Explosion of Life

    • Bones, Brawn and Brains
 
 
Explorations
 
Explorations Index

    • Searching for the First Animal: Sponges

    • Finding Proof of the First Animal: Sponge DNA

    • To Swim or To Eat: Why Jellyfish Move

    • Going Deeper: Jellyfish in the Ocean's Midwaters

    • Flatworm Fossils: Evidence of the First Animals With Heads

    • Fighting to Mate: Flatworm Penis Fencing

    • Making the Leap: How Arthropods Left the Sea

    • Built to Move: Arthropod Locomotion

    • Touching Evolution: A History of Shells

    • Up From the Deep: The Nautilus and Secrets of the Ancient Oceans

    • Five Legs Good, Two Legs No Better: Echinoderms

    • Digesting Mussels in the Shell: Documenting Echinoderm Behavior

    • Biological Big Bang: The Cambrian Explosion

    • Wowed by Worms: The Evolution and Ecology of Annelids

    • From Fins to Feet: How Vertebrates First Walked on Land

    • Growing Fast: Fossils Reveal Dinosaur Growth Rate
 
 
Scientists
 
Scientists Index

    • Cristina Diaz

    • Mitchell Sogin

    • Jack Costello

    • Bruce Robison

    • Whitey Hagadorn

    • Leslie Newman

    • Bill Shear

    • Robert Full

    • Geerat Vermeij

    • Peter Ward

    • Gail Kaaialii

    • John Pearse & Don Wobber

    • Rudy Raff

    • Damhnait McHugh

    • Jenny Clack

    • Kristi Curry-Rogers
 
 
Animals
 
Animals Index

    • Porifera

    • Cnidaria

    • Platyhelminthes

    • Arthropods

    • Molluscs

    • Echinoderms

    • Annelids

    • Chordates
 
 
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    • Origins

    • Life on the Move

    • The First Hunter

    • The Conquerors

    • Survival Game

    • Ultimate Animal

    • Explosion of Life

    • Bones, Brawn and Brains

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