“An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet… — Richard E. Leakey Copy Share Image
We call ourselves Homo sapiens--man the wise--because our intelligence is so important to us. For thousands of years, we have tried to… — Stuart J. Russell Copy Share Image
The first thing I remember about the world and I pray that it may be the last is that I was a… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
The contingency of history (both for life in general and for the cultures of Homo sapiens ) and human free will (in… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
What is there about the notion of a person, at law, that makes every living member of the species Homo sapiens a… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
My single greatest challenge is to remain centered and loving in an overwhelmingly nonvegan world. In today's world, cruelty and exploitation of… — Michael Klaper Copy Share Image
“Costly rituals help communities grow stronger, and this can have major implications for their long-term survival and prosperity.” — Dimitris Xygalatas Copy Share Image
“No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely related to the stock which has given rise to man.” — Henry Fairfield Osborn Copy Share Image
We want to be special. We want our place in the cosmos to be central. We want evolution-even godless evolution-to have been… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“It’s a common fallacy to envision these species as arranged in a straight line of descent, with Ergaster begetting Erectus, Erectus begetting… — Yuval Noah Harari 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
Capitalism, in contrast, has existed for fewer than 300 years. If the entire history of Homo sapiens was a 24-hour day, then… — Jim Stanford Copy Share Image
Zoologists have reckoned there are up to at least 750 species of animal that have been observed exhibiting same-sex behaviour, or gender… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
“The logic behind these initiations provides an efficient solution to a pressing cooperation dilemma: in order for a group to survive, it… — Dimitris Xygalatas Copy Share Image
So, it seems, everything is in place. For the first time since homo sapiens began to doodle on cave walls, there is… — Gideon Rachman Copy Share Image
“In place of a process that 'others' distressed people, we can look for ways to 'belong' them. For sure they do belong,… — Riadh Abed Copy Share Image
A need to tell and hear stories is essential to the species Homo sapiens-second in necessity apparently after nourishment and before love… — Reynolds Price Copy Share Image
Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that… — John Noble Wilford 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
The feat represents immense achievement for the neotenic ape, species Homo sapiens. But behind this lie twooldattributesoftheapetribalismandinquisitiveness. — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
“We normally think that theist religions sanctified the great gods. We tend to forget that they sanctified humans, too. Hitherto Homo sapiens… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The most preposterous notion that Homo sapiens has ever dreamed up is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Even properly functioning defenses are subject to activation errors, evolutionary/developmental mismatches and maladaptive learning; moreover, mechanisms that are initially functional may become… — Marco del Giudice Copy Share Image
A billion homo sapiens are added every 11 years to the planet. The hypertrophy of a single species pushes other life-forms out… — Leonard Sweet Copy Share Image
There are definitely recurring themes in humanity's relationship with our environment. The biggest is probably adaptation, because humans are incredibly good at… — Annalee Newitz Copy Share Image
