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Five Hundred Million Years: 1: Did it Happen?

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How evolution looks today a hundred years after Darwin.

Were living things created as we know them today, or do we all share the same family tree?
Speakers in the programme include: R.B. Freeman, Professor P.B. Medawar, F.B.S., W.E. Swinton, Ph.D., D.R. Newth Ph.D.
The series introduced by William van Essen.
Film by Macqueen Film Organisation
The first of a series of six weekly programmes
See page 3

Contributors

Speaker:
R.B. Freeman
Speaker:
Professor P.B. Medawar
Speaker:
W.E. Swinton
Speaker:
D.R. Newth
Presenter:
William van Essen
Animated diagrams:
Alfred Wurmser
Producer:
James McCloy
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