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Domestication Quotes by Jared Diamond
- Why were there far more species of domesticated animals in Eurasia than in the Americas? The Americas harbor over a thousand native wild mammal species,…
- Even to this day, no native Australian animal species and only one plant species-the macadamia nut-have proved suitable for domestication. There still are no domestic…
More Domestication Quotes
- And there are my cats, engaged in a ritual that goes back thousands of years, tranquilly licking themselves after the meal. Practical… — William S. Burroughs
- Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows… — Hans Zinsser
- Virtually every major technological advance in the history of the human species - back to the invention of stone tools and the… — Carl Sagan
- It is to be regretted that domestication has seriously deteriorated the moral character of the duck. In a wild state, he is… — Isabella Beeton
- Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the… — Max Lerner
- Because humans, in effect, created dogs through domestication, the canine mind reflects back to us how we see ourselves through the eyes,… — Gregory Berns
- We can either passively continue on the road to utter domestication and destruction or turn in the direction of joyful upheaval, passionate… — John Zerzan
- Education is not the taming or domestication of the soul's raw passions - not suppressing them or excising them, which would deprive… — Allan Bloom