Looking back now on the whole sexual scene we can see that our species has remained much more loyal to its basic… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
PRIMATE, n. The head of a church, especially a State church supported by involuntary contributions. The Primate of England is the Archbishop… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Most animals, including most domesticated primates (humans) show truly staggering ability to 'ignore' certain kinds of information - that which does not… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The chimpanzee study was - well, it's still going on, and I think it's taught us perhaps more than anything else to… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
In humans, the family prevents infanticide. Next to language, the core family, consisting of a mother, a father and children, is the… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Bonobo studies started in the '70s and came to fruition in the '80s. Then in the '90s, all of a sudden, boom,… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Our most serious obstacle is the uncontrollable urge to convert everything to the familiar, to reduce it all to the level of… — E. J. Gold Copy Share Image
My first job was actually as a social worker. And then later, I got my PhD in anthropology. And I've always been… — Patricia Wright Copy Share Image
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Contrary to general belief, humans imitate apes more than the reverse. The sight of monkeys or apes induces an irresistible urge in… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
The black and white lemur, the one that relaxes on that branch, they actually have day care, like kindergartens; where all the… — Patricia Wright Copy Share Image
Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
The genetic stage of a gene pool can be identified by the personality characteristics of the local God. Jehovah of Genesis is… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
“Getting even was the basis of many primate semantic confusions, such as"expropriating the expropriators," "an absolute crime demands an absolute penalty," "they… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The Jackdaw sat in the Cardinal's chair! Bishop and Abbot and Prior were there, Many a monk and many a friar, Many… — Richard Harris Barham Copy Share Image
I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
As this VP discovered, being a boss is much like being a high-status primate in any group: the creatures beneath you in… — Bob Sutton Copy Share Image
We're just a conceited naked ape, but in our minds we're some 'divine legend' and we see ourselves as some sort of… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
I’ve never met anyone who had a monkey for a friend before. (Maggie) I don’t know. I think those two guys you… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Much of human behavior can be explained by watching the wild beasts around us. They are constantly teaching us things about ourselves… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
However, what Article VI [of the U.S. Constitution] does not do, and was never intended to do, is deny me the right… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
We are inescapably the result of a long heritage of learning, adaptation, mutation and evolution, the product of a history which predates… — Fred Hoyle Copy Share Image
It's not that humans and non-humans are identical... but the lack of understanding that led to the slave trade is the same… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
“As I sit, my back leaning against a damp, moss-covered tree trunk, my eyes sweeping the canopy above, my ears straining to… — Birute M.F. Galdikas Copy Share Image
It must be stressed that there is nothing insulting about looking at people as animals. We are animals, after all. Homo sapiens… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
To assert that the universe has a purpose implies the universe has intent. And intent implies a desired outcome. But who would… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image