Nick Lane, a British biochemist and writer, is professor of evolutionary biochemistry at University College London. His books include The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life and Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution.
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For decades, biology has been dominated by the study of genetic information. Information is important, but it is only part of what makes us alive. Our inheritance also includes our living metabolic network, a flame passed from generation to generation, ri... SEE MORE