(John Wilkins) wrote in message news:<1gl87ok.1d0sc3b12f8ubhN%>...
Thomas H. Faller <faller@sgi.com> wrote:
Y'all:
I'm getting ready to take a three week sabbatical, courtesy of my company, and
I'd like to do a little light research on the current state of abiogenesis
research. I'm somewhat restricted to the local university science
libraries; I've already scoped them out and have found much more info
there than I could read in a few weeks, although finding current stuff was
kind of difficult. I'd like to know if anyone has some suggestions for
recent books or journals dealing with abiogenesis research that they'd
recommend for a reader with some chemistry and biology background and the
ability to widely misunderstand technical jargon. ;-) I'd prefer printed
material to online references in most cases just to keep the research from
turning into a list of references.
I can't promise that I'll get anything coherent out of this. My first
attempt a few weeks ago left me feeling like a freshman again, but if I
get enough to put together a "where we are now" paper, I'll give selected
volunteers first shot at pointing out my errors and shortcomings. Thanks
in advance.
The last time I did any work on this was 1998 or so, but here, courtesy
of the magic bibliography, is what I have
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In a letter appearing in _Science_ 212: 1446-7 (1981), Robert
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Evolution postdicts certain immutable trends of progressive
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human bones in geological strata bearing the remains of dinosaurs
would most certainly falsify the concept of evolution. So would
the discovery of bird fossils in ages preceding the advent of
fishes.
Paleontologist David Raup emphatically disagreed with Root-Bernstein's
allegations.
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