The second time I read Cryptonomicon, the implications of evolution finally dawned on me -- I have an unbroken line of ancestry stretching back 4 billion years.

The second time I read Cryptonomicon, the implications of evolution finally dawned on me -- I have an unbroken line of ancestry stretching back 4 billion years. Most of my ancestors weren't even human... (http://www.sffworld.com/authors/s/stephenson_neal/excerpts/cryptonomicon1.html http://www.sffworld.com/authors/s/stephenson_neal/excerpts/c..., bottom of page)