Happened to run into this. It has been a very good read:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/13/magazine/evolution-gene-microbiology.html
This article is adapted from “The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life,” published by Simon & Schuster.
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Yes, I read that article too and agree -- it was good. (I've got the full book now, but haven't read it yet.)
Karl Fogel at 2018-08-22T16:02:26Z
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