Synopsis
Angela Milner of the Natural History Museum shows examples of fossils which record the evolutionary changes that have happened to animals and plants through time.
- Programme: Short Circuit
- Episode: Biology - Programmes 1-3
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2008
- Biology | Reproduction, genetics and evolution | Evolution | Evidence for evolution
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