The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists. — H. Allen Smith Copy Share Image
One of the great commandments of science is: 'Mistrust arguments from authority.' — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
We are just another primate but a very confused, malleable one. — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
I think we give human beings too much credit. We're primates, you know. — Eric Andre Copy Share Image
“Primates who evolved in places seething with venomous snakes have better vision than primates who didn’t evolve in those places. But” — Florence Williams Copy Share Image
Primates are very territorial. It is in their nature to protect their food resources as well as their females and young. — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
We are by far the most contradictory of all primates. An animal with this much internal conflict has never lived on this… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
It is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them. — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The only option is politeness-remember always that you are dealing with other primates. — Paul Ford Copy Share Image
Primates are really well designed to see who is not keeping up their end of the deal. — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
When one has extensively pondered about men, as a career or as a vocation, one sometimes feels nostalgic for primates. At least… — Albert Camus 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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“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'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
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
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 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
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
“[H]umans live in a world where it's words and not deeds that have power, where the ultimate skill is mastery of language.… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
“When it comes to love we are primates breaking sticks while pointing to our hearts.” — Atticus Poetry Copy Share Image
Primate and elephant and even pig societies show considerable evidence of care for others, parent-child bonding, solidarity in the face of danger,… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We remain of the view that in many areas of research we are still reliant on primates to achieve our goals for… — Colin Blakemore Copy Share Image
It's the bond between mother and child, which is really for us and for chimps and other primates, the root of all… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
Knowing that we are primates, I think, is a fascinating discovery, and a very interesting and rather cheering one. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The primate laugh is given in playful contexts, and as such has a strong similarity to the human laugh. — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Primates are super smart and organized just enough to devote their free time to being miserable to each other and stressing each… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
You display inordinate pride for someone who has completed a task which could have been performed by a lesser primate in a… — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
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