# David Haskell: When the world burst into bloom

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Podcast: [Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-vivid-with-alan-alda-734200)
Published: 2026-04-14T04:05:00+00:00
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## Resource

Flowering plants were late to evolve, but once they did, they took over most of the planet, connecting and communicating with a network of other living things and making possible our own evolution.

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