Life from an RNA World:  the ancestor within

Niles Lehman

doi:10.4081/eb.2010.e5

Book Reviews

21 July 2010

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2010)

https://doi.org/10.4081/eb.2010.e5

Life from an RNA World: the ancestor within

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Niles Lehman

niles@pdx.edu

Portland State University, OR, United States.

Life from an RNA World: The Ancestor Within is a great place to find all of the arguments for the existence of an “RNA World” neatly compiled in a short and fluid book. I read this pithy work in only a few days while commuting back and forth on public transit. Consequently my first reaction regarding the best audience for the book was that it was for non-scientists, or for those with a basic knowledge of biology but not getting paid to be a scientist. For me it was a smooth, easy read, and I imagine that many of my fellow passengers on the bus or the train saw me nodding my head spontaneously on many occasions.