Simon Conway Morris

The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It…

— Simon Conway Morris

Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does…

— Simon Conway Morris

If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a…

— Simon Conway Morris

When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first…

— Simon Conway Morris

By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand…

— Simon Conway Morris

On a perfect planet such as might be acceptable to a physicist, one might predict that from its origin the diversity of…

— Simon Conway Morris

Richard Dawkins is arguably England's most pious atheist.

— Simon Conway Morris

I am puzzled that Conway Morris apparently doesn't grasp the equally strong (and inevitable) personal preferences embedded in his own view of…

— Simon Conway Morris

It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that…

— Simon Conway Morris

If one compares the sequence of amino acids that go to form the protein haemoglobin, it becomes apparent that humans and chimps…

— Simon Conway Morris

Scientists don't believe anything.Scientists test things.

— Simon Conway Morris

I don't think an alien will be a blob. If aliens are out there they should have evolved just like us. They…

— Simon Conway Morris

The way Conway Morris goes about biting the hand that once fed him would make a shoal of piranha seem decorous.

— Simon Conway Morris

I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance,…

— Simon Conway Morris

The long history of mankind is studded with convergences, perhaps most notably in social systems and the use of artefacts and technology.…

— Simon Conway Morris

Life's Solution builds a forceful case for the predictability of evolutionary outcomes, not in terms of genetic details but rather their broad…

— Simon Conway Morris

The underlying reason for convergence seems to be that all organisms are under constant scrutiny of natural selection and are also subject…

— Simon Conway Morris

It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.

— Simon Conway Morris

“['Intelligent Design'] is a theology for control freaks.”

— Simon Conway Morris

It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might strange thought actually tell…

— Simon Conway Morris