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• Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.
• The roots of our Soccer Tribe lie deep in our primeval past.
• Artists like cats; soldiers like dogs.
• We are to put it mildly, in a mess, and there is a strong chance that we shall have exterminated ourselves by…
• We read off the many signals that our companions' clothes transmit to us in every social encounter. In this way, clothing is…
• Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death.
• The idea that it is funny to see wild animals coerced into acting like clumsy humans, or thrilling to see powerful beasts…
• I think like the species I am studying, whatever it is. If I am watching a lizard, I become the lizard. Gazing…
• There are one hundred and ninety-three living species of monkeys and apes. One hundred and ninety-two of them are covered with hair.…
• No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.
• We never stop investigating. We are never satisfied that we know enough to get by. Every question we answer leads on to…
• We may prefer to think of ourselves as fallen angels, but in reality we are rising apes.

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