The universe and the Laws of Physics seem to have been specifically designed for us. If any one of about 40 physical… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Some people are constructive, if you like. Others are destructive. It's this diversity in humankind that results in some making positive contributions… — Jonas Salk Copy Share Image
The Epicureans, according to whom animals had no creation, doe suppose that by mutation of one into another, they were first made;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
“Darwin’s theory, laid out in On the Origin of Species in 1859, suggested that people and apes shared a common ancestor, and,… — David Grann Copy Share Image
One reason education undoes belief is its teaching of evolution; Darwin's own drift from orthodoxy to agnosticism was symptomatic. Martin Lings is… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
Nor do I think we came from monkeys, by the wayThat's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on? We… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Genes, oddly, compromise only a minuscule fraction of it. An enormous proportion-a bewildering 98 percent-is not dedicated to genes per se, but… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Hardships of early human life favored the evolution of certain cognitive tools, among them the ability to infer the presence of organisms… — Robin Marantz Henig Copy Share Image
Nothing can better express the feelings of the scientist towards the great unity of the laws of nature than in Immanuel Kant's… — Konrad Lorenz Copy Share Image
“In the penultimate stages of writing this book, the date of the great exodus from Africa may have shifted more than 10,000… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
The evolution of Parkour sort of happens with time and age as you change, and the body has a certain memory of… — David Belle Copy Share Image
“It is also worth noting that one can obtain a Ph.D. in any branch of science for no other purpose than to… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
All scientists agree that evolution has occurred-that all life comes from a common ancestry, that there has been extinction, and that new… — Lynn Margulis Copy Share Image
“Another oft-used argument is that pillow lavas should be found on Mt. Ararat if it formed underwater. For those unfamiliar with pillow… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
Alfred Russel Wallace, the codiscoverer of the theory of natural selection. Following their twin announcements of the theory in 1858, both Darwin… — Julian Jaynes Copy Share Image
“We are all so much alike, because we are all human. But it goes deeper than that. Every species you’ll encounter on… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
“Natural beauty, for Darwin, was not just aesthetic; it always reflected function and adaptation at work. Orchids were not just ornamental, to… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
“crunching. The amount of introgression from Neanderthals is proportionally lower on the modern X than on the rest of the chromosomes. X… — Adam Rutherford Copy Share Image
If Darwinism is true, then there is no purpose or meaning to life, there is no morality, there's no qualitative difference between… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
Geology is part of that remarkable dynamic process of the human mind which is generally called science and to which man is… — Reinout Willem van Bemmelen Copy Share Image
Group selection and individual selection are just two of the selection processes that have played important roles in evolution. There also is… — Elliott Sober Copy Share Image
One may say with one's lips: “I believe that the world was created six thousand years ago;” or, “I believe that Jesus… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“In general, we imagine rivers to be subject to a kind of dynamic equilibrium, largely stable geologic features, with processes like regional… — Katharine Haake Copy Share Image
“Human beings have always been an unfinished species, a story in the middle, a succession of families, tribes, and societies in transition… — Tony Hiss Copy Share Image
In the complex course of its evolution, life exhibits a remarkable contrast to the tendency expressed in the Second Law to Thermodynamics.… — J. H. Rush Copy Share Image
“Superimposed on the hierarchical framework of defined components of a cell there is another layer. This second layer is highly flexible and… — Dennis Bray Copy Share Image
We need to attack the false foundation of autonomous human reasoning that leads to evolution and millions of years, and proclaim that… — Ken Ham Copy Share Image
“Ideal to pre-serve fossils are sedimentary rocks: limestones, sandstones, silt-stones, and shales. Compared with volcanic and metamorphic rocks, these are formed by… — Neil Shubin Copy Share Image
Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
Christ did not come to civilize. He came to save. Civilization is not the solution; it does not destroy the works of… — Arno C. Gaebelein Copy Share Image
was revolution much more than one fast kick forward in the long process called evolution? We condemened the 'cost' of revolution; but… — Ella Winter Copy Share Image
CALVIN: Isn't it strange that evolution would give us a sense of humor? When you think about it, it's weird that we… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and… — Luther Burbank Copy Share Image
“thought. Successionism means that one faith can replace a previous one that has ceased to function. In religious terms, it is comparable… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“Evolution wasn’t a blueprint; it was a series of mistakes that occasionally turned out to be beneficial. And the doctor knew those… — Evan C. Currie Copy Share Image
Life is all business. Spend your energy to get joy, happiness, evolution, and to gain more ability to enjoy. In this field… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
For my prom, I was so fancy, I got t a suit tailored. I wanted a three-piece suit. I thought it would… — Gabriel Macht Copy Share Image
Perhaps no order of mammals presents us with so extraordinary a series of gradations as this [step by step, from humans to… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
“The actual structure of the life we know is deeply and pervasively anchored in the particularities of the periodic table. If one… — Eric Smith Copy Share Image