Chapter 17 Readings


Kay, Fichard F., Callum Ross, and Blythe A. Williams. February 7, 1997. Anthropoid origins. Science, vol. 275. A look at recent fossil evidence of our distant forebears.

Lewis, Ricki. March 31, 1997. Investigating the RNA World. The Scientist. The first molecule on the road to life might have been RNA -- or something like it.

Morell, Virginia. April 1997. On the origin of (Amazonian) species. Discover. What is responsible for the incredibly diverse life in and near the Amazon?

Szathmary, Eors. June 12, 1997. Origins of life: the first two billion years. Nature, vol. 387. Did the first "ecosystems" consist of polymeric molecules?

Wood, Bernard. January 23, 1997. The oldest whodunit in the world. Nature, vol. 385. Stone tool manufacture dates back 2.5 million years.

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