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In Our Time - The Cambrian Period - BBC Sounds

In Our Time - The Cambrian Period - BBC Sounds

The Cambrian PeriodThe Cambrian Period

Released On: 17 Feb 2005

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Melvyn Bragg examines the Cambrian period, when there was an explosion of life on Earth.

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