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Evolution Quotes by E. O. Wilson
- In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence of…
- The genes hold culture on a leash. The leash is very long, but inevitably values will be constrained in accordance with their effects on the…
- The great paradox of determinism and free will, which has held the attention of the wisest of philosophers and psychologists for generations, can be phrased…
- The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation.
- Women are extraordinary in lacking the estrus, or period of heat. The females of most other primate species become sexually active, to the point of…
- Mating Strategy is influenced by the cardinal fact that women have more at stake in sexual activity than men, because of the limited age span…
- These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly slower on foot…
- Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment…
- Every native species, however humble in appearance...has its place in the nation's heritage. It is a masterpiece of evolution, an ancient, multifaceted entity that shares…
- The green prehuman earth is the mystery we were chosen to solve, a guide to the birthplace of our spirit, but it is slipping away.…
- Darwin's dice have rolled badly for Earth. The human species is, in a word, an environmental abnormality. Perhaps a law of evolution is that intelligence…
- To genetic evolution, the human lineage has added the parallel track of cultural evolution.
- Theology made no provision for evolution.
- Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really…
- I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.
- Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks…
- So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me…
- Of course, there is no reconciliation between the theory of evolution by natural selection and the traditional religious view of the origin of the human…
- Biology is a science of three dimensions. The first is the study of each species across all levels of biological organization, molecule to cell to…
- In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize…
- To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and the deeper meaning…
More Evolution Quotes
- Creationists make it sound as though a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. — Isaac Asimov
- As far as I'm concerned, if there is a supreme being then He chose organic evolution as a way of bringing into… — David Attenborough
- Apart from anything else, I am designed by evolution, like we all are: if we see a little thing like that, big… — David Attenborough
- Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish. — Marcus Aurelius
- There is also work to do in the evolution of a stable family life and values, and in ensuring that the Nigerian… — Ibrahim Babangida
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- God's first creature, which was light. — Francis Bacon
- Evolution isn't true, because if we evolved from monkeys, how can they still be here? — Stephen Baldwin
- The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
- In art there are only fast or slow developments. Essentially it is a matter of evolution, not revolution. — Bela Bartok
- If evolution really works, how come mothers only have two hands? — Milton Berle
- Matter is, in its constituent elements, the same as spirit; existence is one, however manifold in its phenomena; life is one, however… — Annie Besant