But the truth is that Homo sapiens is a sensual species. I think all species are, to one degree or another. — Jock Sturges Copy Share Image
“in the not-so-distant future we might again have to contend with non-sapiens humans.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Sapiens, in contrast, live in triple-layered reality. In addition to trees, rivers, fears and desires, the Sapiens world also contains stories about… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Together you are a species that grows in all aspects of life – separated you are a mere speck of dust in… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“It is unsettling – and perhaps thrilling – to think that we Sapiens could at one time have sex with an animal… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Sapiens often use visual marks such as a turban, a beard or a business suit to signal ‘you can trust me, I… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I use the word “man” loosely. A better description would be “the most beautiful specimen of Homo sapiens sapiens with a set… — Elle Lothlorien Copy Share Image
The origin of Homo sapiens, as a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree, lies… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens is a social being, and our well-being depends to a large extent on the quality and depth of our social… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The anthropologists got it wrong when they named our species Homo sapiens ('wise man'). In any case it's an arrogant and bigheaded… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
That is the onslaught. It has been going on a long time, I argue, but in the 20th century humans have certainly… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
The truly unique trait of 'Sapiens' is our ability to create and believe fiction. All other animals use their communication system to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Another object lesson of why humans should have stayed in trees, where they could not behave in such an idiotic way. Or… — Kerry Greenwood Copy Share Image
“But humans do such things all the time. Because the Sapiens social order is imagined, humans cannot preserve the critical information for… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Sapiens instinctively divide humanity into two parts, ‘we’ and ‘they’. We are people like you and me, who share our language, religion… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“For the entire course of evolution leading from our primitive mammalian forebears of a hundred million years ago to the single lineage… — Edward O. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Seventy thousand years ago, Homo sapiens was still an insignificant animal minding its own business in a corner of Africa. In the… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Whether Sapiens are to blame or not, no sooner had they arrived at a new location than the native population became extinct.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca Copy Share Image
The extinction of Homo Sapiens would mean survival for millions, if not billions, of Earth-dwelling species. Phasing out the human race will… — Ingrid Newkirk Copy Share Image
“In their first year of medical school, students were informed that there were two species of human beings: Homo sapiens and Homo… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
“Homo sapiens drove to extinction about half of the planet’s big beasts long before humans invented the wheel, writing or iron tools.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Tolerance is not a Sapiens trademark. In modern times, a small difference in skin colour, dialect or religion has been enough to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
It took nature 100 million years to make the ape stand up and become Homo sapiens. It took us only 10,000 to… — Sugata Mitra Copy Share Image
“The moment when humanity learns to tame all its primeval biases, only then it will be worth the title "Sapiens", not any… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character ... by which to distinguish between… — Cari Linneaus Copy Share Image
We have come to look at our planet as a resource for our species, which is funny when you think that the… — Marston Bates Copy Share Image
“Homo sapiens is one of the few species on earth that care if they’re seen having sex. The impala is unconcerned. The… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
