Ian Tattersall

Perhaps we will one day be able at least to admit of a God possessing sufficient majesty and expansiveness to transcend the…

— Ian Tattersall

Behavior is ultimately the product of the brain, the most mysterious organ of them all.

— Ian Tattersall

Hominids typically haven't so much adapted to change, as they have accommodated to it.

— Ian Tattersall

“some current controversies are caused, or at least stoked, by a reluctance to abandon received ideas that may well have outlived their…

— Ian Tattersall

The alternative to extinction is stagnation, and stagnation is seldom a good thing.

— Ian Tattersall

It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law…

— Ian Tattersall

“For over a century, an evolving microcosm of Anthropology’s turbulent history has hidden behind the staid façade of the American Museum of…

— Ian Tattersall

When environments change, they usually do so pretty rapidly, at rates with which adaptation by natural selection would be hard put to…

— Ian Tattersall

“Inside our skulls are fish, reptile and shrew brains, as well as the highest centers that allow us to integrate information in…

— Ian Tattersall

“Human beings, on the other hand, are symbolic creatures. Inside their heads they break down the outside world into a mass of…

— Ian Tattersall