The major transitions in evolution

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1. civilianMay 2014
   Yup! The formation of the first Eukaryotic cell is a mystery. Eukaryotes have features of both bacteria and archea, yet doesn't have a clear origin in either of them. Here's a book that goes into more depth on the important stages of evolution: http://www.amazon.com/Major-Transitions-Evolution-Maynard-Sm...

   On a tangent, my dismissiveness of creationists has only increased since reading The Major Transitions in Evolution. There are some really perplexing things in early evolution that we don't understand at all. And yet creationists like to talk about chimps and rocks.

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2. cedOct 2010
   Was it John Maynard Smith - The Major Transitions in Evolution? It's a great book, that goes deeper than Dawkins' vulgarizations.
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3. cedSep 2007
   "Mathematical statements are unambiguous, and so permit long chains of argument. Unfortunately, statements about society, as about evolution, have a degree of ambiguity. It follows that theories in these fields, if they are to be operative in the sense of leading to clear predictions, must be simple. Of course, it may be that no operative theories are possible in the social sciences."

   - Maynard Smith and Szathmary, The Major Transitions in Evolution

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