[jaycee]

I'm reading "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard Dawkins. It basically (well, it has 600+ pages...) traces back from where we are now through all the speciation points (a mere 40 along our chain, comparable to any other individual chain, although of course all chains considered there are an extremely large number of speciation points). It's a rather heavy but nonetheless enjoyable read!
I'm also reading bits and pieces of "The Complete World According To Clarkson" by Jeremy Clarkson. 'tis most entertaining, despite my disagreement with him on many points. (A notable point of agreement we share however is our opinions on music - most of the best music came from between 60s-80s, with some other great music in 90s-00s if you know where to look, e.g. Dido.)