Who's on First?

Published: March 14, 2011, 7 a.m.

b'Being first counts in science. Land that coveted spot and you\\u2019ll make history, whether it\\u2019s with the first steam engine or the discovery of our earliest human ancestor.\\nBut what does \\u201cfirst\\u201d mean when technological invention so heavily builds on what\\u2019s come before... and evolution represents continuous change?\\nFind out how \\u201cpublish or perish\\u201d made Darwin famous\\u2026 why we\\u2019ll never find the first human fossil\\u2026 and how powerful new telescopes are allowing us to see the earliest galaxies.\\nPlus, the chicken and egg battle it out in line.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nGarth Illingworth - Astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz\\n\\n\\nSean B. Carroll - Molecular biologist and geneticist at the University of Wisconsin Madison and author of Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species\\n\\n\\n\\nLeslea Hlusko - Paleontologist at the University of California- Berkeley. Read more about Ardi\\n\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'