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Ca Academy of Sciences: Science Heroes: Bob Drewes, Finding Unique Species

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Dr. Robert Drewes, curator of herpetology at the Academy has led two multidisciplinary Academy expeditions to Sao Tome and Principe in past years. The Islands' biogeography presents a unique opportunity to witness evolutionary processes in microcosm. Sao Tome and Principe, small and isolated as they are, represent a relatively simple way to uncover evolutionary relationships at work. [1:29]

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evolutionary relationships, species evolution, bob drewes, california academy of sciences, principe, sao tome, sao tome and principe, science heroes, unique species, evolutionary processes
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