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slash UK slash AI for people. Welcome to Scientific Americans Science Talk posted on May 3rd, 2017.

I'm Steve Muriske. On this episode, Burroughs have been around for a minimum

of about 550 million years, maybe going back a little bit more. That's only about maybe

halfway through the history of animals over the course of geologic time. That's Anthony J. Martin. He's a paleontologist, geologist, and one of the world's premier

echnologists. So what's an acknowledist? Well, here's a hint. He's the author of the new book,

The Evolution Underground, Burrows, Bunkers, and the marvelous subterranean world beneath our feet.

He's based at Emory University, but he was in Manhattan recently where I met him at the office of his publisher, Pegasus Books.

So, as often happens when I do an interview at a Manhattan office, you can also enjoy the sirens of the police cars, fire

trucks, and ambulances of New York City.

So you have a picture in the book of the Wormstone, it's called, at Downhouse, Darwin's

home. And when I was in England, I made sure to go to Darwin's house, and I stood next to

the wormstone and talk about the wormstone and what it represents and how kind of cool it is.

The way I've described it to people was a thrilling experience, because first of all, just going to

downhouse and understanding that this

is all part of the history of science, the theory of evolution, and Darwin's connection to that

theory. But I really wanted to see the Wormstone. And the Wormstone in the backyard there

of Downhouse represents his research on earthworms. And a lot of people don't know

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