Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the limits of our own imaginations and experience. But meanwhile, . . . we might do well to look… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the limits of… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all. — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
Hominids typically haven't so much adapted to change, as they have accommodated to it. — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
“some current controversies are caused, or at least stoked, by a reluctance to abandon received ideas that may well have outlived their usefulness.” — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
The alternative to extinction is stagnation, and stagnation is seldom a good thing. — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
“For over a century, an evolving microcosm of Anthropology’s turbulent history has hidden behind the staid façade of the American Museum of Natural History.… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
When environments change, they usually do so pretty rapidly, at rates with which adaptation by natural selection would be hard put to keep up.… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
“Inside our skulls are fish, reptile and shrew brains, as well as the highest centers that allow us to integrate information in our unique… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
“Human beings, on the other hand, are symbolic creatures. Inside their heads they break down the outside world into a mass of mental symbols,… — Ian Tattersall Copy Share Image
