About This Website Copyright | What'sNEWThe purpose of this website is to serve as a resource about Cosmic Ancestry ("more than panspermia"), and to help establish it as a possible scientific account of the origin and development of life on Earth. (In it, Darwinian processes are still needed for tinkering and selection, but they do not account for macroevolutionary progress.) The website is operated pro bono, without any revenue or profit motive.This website was placed on the Internet in May 1996, and is updated almost daily. Significant updates are posted as articles with references on the main What'sNEW page and crosslinked with relevant interior pages. These articles are indexed and archived. Minor updates, mostly links to relevant Please send your comments about Cosmic Ancestry, inquiries or alerts about resources, and other suggestions to the author via email. Use the link at the top and bottom of every page of the website. We receive many useful suggestions from website visitors. Some emails may be posted to "Replies" if the sender consents; these are also archived and indexed. AcknowledgmentsThank you. Thank you very much. — Elvis Presley (1)This website is funded by the Astrobiology Research Trust. It was conceived as a book, and executed with help from many people. Three deserve special mention — Brig attended Princeton University and received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Tennessee in 1975. He retired from the textile rental industry in 1995. Brig and Ellen Cooper Klyce have a daughter, Polly, and a son, Walter.
Publications in Print Brig Klyce, "Panspermia and Horizontal Gene Transfer" [abstract | 5-page pdf], doi:10.1117/12.832049, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7441B, "Astrobiology XII: Instruments, Methods, and Missions," Richard B. Hoover, Gilbert V. Levin, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Kurt D. Retherford, eds., 4-6 Aug 2009. Elena V. Pikuta, Richard B. Hoover, Brig Klyce, Paul C. W. Davies and Pauline Davies, "Bacterial utilization of L-sugars and D-amino acids" [abstract], doi:10.1117/12.690434, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6309, "Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IX," Richard B. Hoover, Gilbert V. Levin, Alexei Y. Rozanov, eds., 5 Sep (conference 14 Aug) 2006. Brig Klyce, "The Evolution Prize: Is Open-Ended Evolutionary Innovation in a Closed System Possible?" [2-page pdf]; 1-page version, p 123, ALife X: Workshop Proceedings, Indiana University, Bloomington IN, 3-7 Jun 2006. Max K. Wallis, N. Chandra Wickramasinghe, Shirwan Al-Mufti, Norimune Miyake, Milton Wainwright and Brig Klyce, "Search For Microbiology In Cryo-genically Collected Stratospheric Particles From Space" [abstract.doc], p 17, International Journal of Astrobiology, Supplement 2004: "Abstracts from the Astrobiology Science Conference 2004" [all abstracts in pdf], NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA, 28 March - 1 April 2004. Brig Klyce and Chandra Wickramasinghe, "Creationism versus Darwinism: A Third Alternative" [pdf: 776 Kb], p 543-548, Darwinism, Design, and Public Education, John Angus Campbell and Stephen C. Meyer, eds., ISBN 0-87013-675-5, Michigan State University Press, 2003. Thomas Ray and Brig Klyce, "Comparing Standard Darwinism and Strong Panspermia: A Bioinformatic Analysis of Human, Mouse and Intervening Genomes" [print.gif:140kb | CD.gif:44kb | full poster.htm], p 172, Proceedings of the Astrobiology Science Conference 2002, April 7-11, 2002, at Ames Research Center, Mountain View CA. Brig Klyce, "Panspermia Asks New Questions" [abstract | html], doi:10.1117/12.435366, p 11-14, The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) in the Optical Spectrum - Conference 22-24 January 2001, San Jose CA: SPIE Proceedings-4273, Stuart Kingsley and Ragbir Bhathal, eds. Brig Klyce, "Is Sustained Macroevolutionary Progress Possible?" [abstract], p 402, Proceedings of the First Astrobiology Science Conference, April 3-5, 2000, at Ames Research Center, Mountain View CA [full poster in html]. Brig Klyce, "Cosmic Ancestry," IAA-99-IAA.8.2.04, 50th International Astronautical Congress, 4-8 Oct 1999 / Amsterdam, The Netherlands [gifs]. Brig Klyce, "In Real or Artificial Life, Is Evolutionary Progress in a Closed System Possible?" [pdf], p 1444 v 2, Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Orlando FL, 13-17 July 1999, W. Banzhaf et al., eds., Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, 1999. N.C. Wickramasinghe, F. Hoyle and Brig Klyce, "Panspermia in perspective" [abstract], doi:10.1117/12.319845, p 306, Instruments, Methods and Missions for Astrobiology - Conference 20-22 July 1998, San Diego CA: SPIE Proceedings-3441, Richard Hoover, ed.CopyrightCosmic Ancestry is published by the Astrobiology Research Trust. None of its contents may be copied in any medium without an acknowledgment that includes an obvious hypertext link or instructions to find this website. No portion greater than 100 words or two thumbnail images, nor any portion to be used for any commercial purpose, may be copied without express permission from the Astrobiology Research Trust.Our use of quotations and images from other sources complies with each source's own copyright terms, if known, the "fair use" rule, and our own copyright terms applied reciprocally. We are committed to responsible behavior, fairness and decency. References1. Each highlighted number under "References" links you up from a footnote to the referenced point on the same page, like the Elvis quote above. Conversely, the link at the referenced point brings you down to the footnote. The footnote often has a link to the reference material, which may be external or local. Most external links open in a new browser window (close to return).Website Navigation and
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Chandra Wickramasinghe gave me valuable technical advice, hard-to-find resources, and many hours of his time and hospitality.
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