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'Missing links' found in DNA

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Modern techniques such as DNA profiling have been groundbreaking for our understanding of the evolution of life on earth.

Science correspondent Tom Feilden met leading paleontologist, Brian Switek, to look at some of the most "dramatic strides" in DNA research.


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