“in the not-so-distant future we might again have to contend with non-sapiens humans.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
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
Homo sapiens, you and me, we are basically the same as people 10,000 years ago. The next revolution will change that. — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“To drink poison and deliver elixir is the first nature of a sapiens.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Homo sapiens [are] a tiny twig on an improbable branch of a contingent limb on a fortunate tree. — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
“There are no gods, no nations, no money and no human rights, except in our collective imagination.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
What is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences. — Estelle Ramey 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
“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
“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
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
“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
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 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
“Huius (sapientis) opus unum est de divinis humanisque verum invenire; ab hac numquam recedit religio, pietas, iustitia ...” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca 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
“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
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
“Timeline of History Years Before the Present 13.5 billion Matter and energy appear. Beginning of physics. Atoms and molecules appear. Beginning of… — 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
“How can we distinguish what is biologically determined from what people merely try to justify through biological myths? A good rule of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In the early twenty-first century the train of progress is again pulling out of the station – and this will probably be… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Humans nowadays completely dominate the planet not because the individual human is far smarter and more nimble-fingered than the individual chimp or… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“To understand the rise of Christianity or the French Revolution, it is not enough to comprehend the interaction of genes, hormones and… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“We can weave common myths such as the biblical creation story, the Dreamtime myths of Aboriginal Australians, and the nationalist myths of… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Ceauşescu and his cronies dominated 20 million Romanians for four decades because they ensured three vital conditions. First, they placed loyal communist… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image