Fossils Quotes

242 quotes by 167 authors

We know evolution happened not because of transitional fossils such as A. natans but because of the convergence of evidence from such diverse fields as… — Michael Shermer
Developed and benefited from the unsustainable patterns of production and consumption which have produced our present dilemma. It is clear that current lifestyles and consumption… — Maurice Strong
The fossil fuel industry will inevitably have to experience major cutbacks and, over the longer term, near-total demise. There is simply no choice in the… — Robert Pollin
Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to the descendants. But this is… — Ernst Mayr
Wherever we look at the living biota â€¦ discontinuities are overwhelmingly frequentâ€¦The discontinuities are even more striking in the fossil record. New species usually appear… — Ernst Mayr
Here's what we should be doing. We've got to get off fossil fuels. — Lee Iacocca
For fossils to thrive, certain favorable circumstances are required. First of all, of course, remnants of life have to be there. These then need to… — Richard Leakey
Paleontologists ever since Darwin have been searching (largely in vain) for the sequences of insensibly graded series of fossils that would stand as examples of… — Niles Eldredge
Darwin's prediction of rampant, albeit gradual, change affecting all lineages through time is refuted. The record is there, and the record speaks for tremendous anatomical… — Niles Eldredge
The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference… — Simon Conway Morris
On the contrary, there is a considerable body of evidence that these fossil traces, known as 'dino-fuzz', have nothing to do with bird feathers... I,… — Alan Feduccia
We now have a quarter of a million fossil species, but the situation hasn't changed much... We have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition than… — David M. Raup
A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is far more Darwinian… — David M. Raup
There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is but… — David M. Raup
If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that it is impossible… — Bertrand Piccard
Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I… — Norman Rockwell
It isn't easy to become a fossil. ... Only about one bone in a billion, it is thought, becomes fossilized. If that is so, it… — Bill Bryson
If Mother Culture were to give an account of human history using these terms, it would go something like this: ' The Leavers were chapter… — Daniel Quinn
...A one-pound box of prewashed lettuce contains 80 calories of food energy. According to Cornell ecologist David Pimentel, growing, chilling, washing, packaging, and transporting that… — Michael Pollan
If you get a drill and drill down 5km beneath the ground, it's teeming with life - millions of tiny living fossils. They resemble the… — Paul Davies

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