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01-14-2002

Analysis: Biodiversity and the future of life

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM

NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

In his new book, Edward O. Wilson describes a familiar scene, something you may have seen in the movies or on TV. In a remote jungle camp, possibly on a tributary of the Orinoco River, a scientist discovers a new species and, amid a showe...

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