About This Website
Recognition, Copyright and What'sNEW

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 moved to the Archives (with new links) as they age. Minor updates, mostly links to relevant  print or  web articles, are posted in the "What'sNEW" section of the appropriate interior pages, where all updates, significant and minor, are listed together in reverse chronological order.

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.

Acknowledgments

Cosmic Ancestry is made possible with help from generous people too numerous to adequately thank here, but three deserve special mention —
Chandra Wickramasinghe gave me valuable technical advice, hard-to-find resources, and many hours of his time and hospitality.
Fred Hoyle kindly reviewed the manusript of the unpublished book, co-authored with Chandra a Foreword, and granted the interview excerpted on this website.
Barbara Wade assisted tirelessly with research, transcribing, and proofreading.

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Brig studied English at 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 Klyce have a daughter, Polly (b. 1983), and a son, Walter (b. 1988).

photo by Peter Fulton

Brig Klyce Astrobiology Research Trust 168 Grove Park Circle Memphis, TN 38117-3134 (901) 763-2222 email

photo by Murray Riss

Publications in Print

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], Proceedings of SPIE -- Volume 6309 Instruments, Methods, and Missions for Astrobiology IX, Richard B. Hoover, Gilbert V. Levin, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Editors, 63090A, 5 Sep 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" [abstract.rtf], p 172, Proceedings of the Astrobiology Science Conference 2002, April 7-11, 2002, at Ames Research Center, Mountain View CA. [full poster in html]
Brig Klyce, "Panspermia Asks New Questions" [abstract | html], 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 [gif format].
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], p 306, Instruments, Methods and Missions for Astrobiology - Conference 20-22 July 1998, San Diego CA: SPIE Proceedings-3441, Richard Hoover, ed.

Copyright

Cosmic 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 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 quotes 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.

References

1. 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. A link to an external or local page may be included in the footnote. (External links added since 2005 open in a new browser window.)

Website Navigation and CA Icons Explained

A colored navigation bar at the top and bottom of every page contains internal links to the "COSMIC ANCESTRY" (Home), "Quick Guide," and "Next" pages. "Brig Klyce" or "Feedback" in the navigation bar should lead to the email adress of the author of the page.
Purple arrowheads signify additional links within this website:
The "left" arrowhead links you toward the front of the site, usually from a headline in the "What'sNEW" section on an ordinary CA webpage to a news article in the main What'sNEW and Archives pages.
The "right" arrowhead links you toward the back of the site, usually from an article on a What'sNEW page to the top of a related CA webpage.
A "down" or "up" arrowhead links you to a related article or section on the same webpage.
Major new developments are posted as articles on the main What'sNEW page. After two or three months they move into the Archives, with new permanent links. All of these articles are indexed on the "Index of What'sNEW and Archives" webpage.
Minor new developments are posted in individual "What'sNEW" sections of ordinary pages, with a blue ball or text icon. These include, as of 1999, all new Related Websites and Related Reading items.
The Blue Ball signifies a link to an external page, opening in a new browser window, since 2005.
The text icon signifies a printed work. A link to an external page, such as an [abstract], is usually included.
CA stands for Cosmic Ancestry.
Beginning in Oct 2004, the little valentine signifies our gratitude to someone for alerting us to news important enough to post as a What'sNEW article.
is used sparingly, mainly on the "Home/Contents" page, to denote new content or a newly added page. Actually, most pages receive frequent updates.
The black diamond designates a bullet point for which no other icon is appropriate.

What'sNEW

7 Dec 2007: Use a credit card to purchase books we offer.
July 2007: Our old email address has been abandoned. We have a new email address, published in a manner intended for humans only.
4 Jul 2007: The Cosmic Ancestry website will soon have a new web host in order to make our service more reliable and secure.
28 Oct 2005: Hurricane Wilma knocked out CA's web host in Florida for six days ending today.
20 Sep 2005: Archived What'sNEW articles about horizontal gene transfer (HGT) have been linked together for sequential viewing [textbox with details].
2005: For help with errors on this website, we will send a free copy of Fred Hoyle's Mathematics of Evolution [view].
2005: External links will be displayed in a new browser window, leaving the referring Cosmic Ancestry webpage open, for continuity.
2002: We will not link to pages that prevent you from returning to our referring page. As we notice existing links that do, we will purge them.
1998: External links are no longer actively policed for expiration or changes in content. However, if alerted, we will fix a bad link.