Nature of man Quotes by E. O. Wilson

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

— E. O. Wilson

Humanity needs a vision of an expanding and unending future.

— E. O. Wilson

The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.

— E. O. Wilson

Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.

— E. O. Wilson

To genetic evolution, the human lineage has added the parallel track of cultural evolution.

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The human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are…

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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means…

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Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of…

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It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life -…

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So important are insects and other land-dwelling arthropods that if all were to disappear, humanity probably could not last more than a…

— E. O. Wilson

To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and…

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The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions; medieval institutions; and god-like technology. And it is terrifically dangerous,…

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The genius of human society is in fact the ease with which alliances are formed, broken, and reconstituted, always with strong emotional…

— E. O. Wilson

Today [the voice of women] is being heard loud and clear. But I do not read the welcome triumph of feminism, social,…

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The biological evolutionary perception of life and of human qualities is radically different from that of traditional religion, whether it's Southern Baptist…

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“If there is danger in the human trajectory, it is not so much in the survival of our own species as in…

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Without the instruments and accumulated knowledge of the natural sciences... humans are trapped in a cognitive prison. They are like intelligent fish…

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The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it…

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Competing is intense among humans, and within a group, selfish individuals always win. But in contests between groups, groups of altruists always…

— E. O. Wilson