Hey, I am reading The Ancestor's Tale too! (There is a great DVD series called The Shape of Life which I am working through forwards, rather than backwards! as I go). I expect them to meet in the middle, somewhere around the lungfish).

Just finished John Gribbin's "Deep Simplicity", which is a great book, packed with material.

For fun I have been rereading the John Carter of Mars series by Edgar Rice Burroughs (the rumour that there is finally going to be a movie got me going). I had forgotten how quirky they are, mostly because as a 13 year old I had Dejah Thoris on the brain (well, not exactly the brain, but.....)

yours,

Peter T.