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How Plants Moved to Land

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NPR's John Nielsen reports on the discovery of some really old fungi. Scientists have long wondered how plants made the big move from water to earth five hundred million years ago. Now, two plant experts at the University of Wisconsin may have uncovered a lead in this mystery.

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