EPISODE · Nov 30, 2020 · 8 MIN
Episode 79: A Complexity of Life
from The Poetry of Science · host Sam Illingworth
This episode explores new research, which has found that molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of complex life on Earth, but are instead nothing more than common algae. --- Read this episode’s science poem here. Read the scientific studies that inspired it here and here. Read ‘Hearsay Song’ by John Yau here. --- Music by Rufus Beckett. --- Follow Sam on social media and send in any questions or comments for the podcast: Email: [email protected] Twitter: @samillingworth
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This episode explores new research, which has found that molecular fossils extracted from 635-million-year-old rocks aren't the earliest evidence of complex life on Earth, but are instead nothing more than common algae.
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