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98. Searching for Our Aquatic Ancestors

People I (Mostly) Admire

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What Got You Into the History of Life?

In graduate school, he took a survey course on the history of life. He wanted to understand how mammals evolved to climb. And that's when he shifted and said, okay, I got to learn about fish. That professor was with him the day we found the fossil tectolic rosia in the Canadian Arctic.

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