Alison Jolly

(1937–2014) Writer

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Alison Jolly was a writer, best known for The evolution of primate behavior.

Quick Facts About Alison Jolly

Born: May 9, 1937
Died: February 6, 2014
Profession: Writer
Notable works: The evolution of primate behavior

About Alison Jolly

Alison Jolly was an American primatologist known for her studies of lemurs. She wrote several books for both popular and scientific audiences and conducted extensive fieldwork in Madagascar, primarily at the Berenty Reserve.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Alison Jolly

Primates stand at a turning point in the course of evolution. Primates are to the biologist what viruses are to the biochemist.…

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Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it.

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Challenges

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We evolved. We have only to look at the pouting face of a young chimpanzee to laugh at its reflections of ourselves.…

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Arms

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If sex evolved so that your children are not condemned to be just like you, intelligence evolved so that you are not…

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Children

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Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.

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