--- title: "4 Marlene Zuk Quotes - Famous Biologist" description: "American evolutionary biologist... | Marlene Zuk is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist. She worked as professor of biology at t..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/marlene-zuk-71501_beautiful_i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfi_238824.jpg" --- # Marlene Zuk (1956) Biologist **4** quotes in **53** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Marlene Zuk is a biologist. ## Quick Facts About Marlene Zuk Born May 20, 1956 Profession Biologist ## About Marlene Zuk American evolutionary biologist... \| Marlene Zuk is an American evolutionary biologist and behavioral ecologist. She worked as professor of biology at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) until she transferred to the University of Minnesota in 2012. Her studies involve sexual selection and parasites. ## Quotes by Marlene Zuk > [I mean that it is possible to be unselfish without a moral code, sophisticated without and education, and beautiful wearing a skeleton…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfish-without-a-moral-code/) [Marlene Zuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-zuk/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/marlene-zuk-71501_beautiful_i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfi_238824.jpg) > [“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/there-is-not-a-moral-to-every-story-in-animal-behavior-sometimes-a/) [Marlene Zuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-zuk/) [Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00c/marlene-zuk-71501_animal_there-is-not-a-moral-to-every-story-in-a_986035.jpg) > [Travel is said to be broadening because it makes us realize that our way of doing things is not the only one,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/travel-is-said-to-be-broadening-because-it-makes-us-realize-that-our/) [Marlene Zuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-zuk/) [Culture](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culture/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/marlene-zuk-71501_culture_travel-is-said-to-be-broadening-because_1786947.jpg) > [People have this idea that nature dictates a sort of 1950s sitcom version of what males and females are like. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/people-have-this-idea-that-nature-dictates-a-sort-of-1950s-sitcom/) [Marlene Zuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-zuk/) [Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24a/marlene-zuk-71501_cases_people-have-this-idea-that-nature-dictat_1847211.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-zuk/#itemlist", "name": "Marlene Zuk Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I mean that it is possible to be unselfish without a moral code, sophisticated without and education, and beautiful wearing a skeleton on the outside.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marlene Zuk" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-zuk/i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfish-without-a-moral-code/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/marlene-zuk-71501_beautiful_i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfi_238824.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/marlene-zuk-71501_beautiful_i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfi_238824.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59d/marlene-zuk-71501_beautiful_i-mean-that-it-is-possible-to-be-unselfi_238824.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I mean that it is possible to be unselfish without a moral code, sophisticated without and education, and…” — Marlene Zuk", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. 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