Genome (The Extinction Files, #2)

by A.G. Riddle

“Six million years ago, an ape was born in Africa. We know one thing for certain about her: she had more than one child. Every human is descended from one of those children. And every chimpanzee is descended from another one of her children. Incredible, isn’t it? Our last common ancestor with chimps lived six million years ago, yet our genomes are 98.8 percent the same.

“Directs the flow of particles. Specifically, particles that influence the conversion of matter to energy. That’s the purpose of the universe, after all.”

The moon should be littered with probes from ancient civilizations—it has existed in its current state for billions of years. Yet it is bare. That paradox—now called the Fermi Paradox—consumed the group for a very long time. They believed that this was the greatest mystery of all time. Why are we alone? Where is everyone?”