"These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size……" — E. O. Wilson
"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 than the four legged animals around them. They could have succeeded in their new way of life only by relying on tools and sophisticated cooperative behavior"
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194 Quotes by E. O. Wilson
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The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment…
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Thirty trillion dollars worth of services, scot-free to humanity, every year.
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
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Let us see how high we can fly before the sun melts the wax in our wings. About the ambitious…
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Biophilia, if it exists, and I believe it exists, is the innately emotional affiliation of human beings to other living…
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Known as the biosphere to scientists and as the creation to theologians, all of life together consists of a membrane…
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No one knows the diversity in the world, not even to the nearest order of magnitude. ... We don't know…
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The cutting of primeval forest and other disasters, fueled by the demands of growing human populations, are the overriding threat…
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The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or…
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Overall, the human brain is the most complex object known in the universe - known, that is, to itself.
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The time has come to link ecology to economic and human development. When you have seen one ant, one bird,…
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[The natural world cleans water, pollinates plants and provides pharmaceuticals, among many other gifts.] Thirty trillion dollars worth of services,…
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If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps…
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Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
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Economic medicine that was previously meted out by the cupful has recently been dispensed by the barrel. These once unthinkable…
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Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story…
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Had the decision belonged to Senator Kerry, Saddam hussein would still be in power today in Iraq. In fact, Saddam…
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If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says…
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[Hermogenes] despises God's law in his painting, maintains repeated marriages [almost certainly a reference to remarrying after divorce or perhaps…
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Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or…
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Most of the crackpot papers which are submitted to The Physical Review are rejected, not because it is impossible to…
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I know it's going to be just magical, and almost certainly going to be over quickly - on playing Sharapova.
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For the other end of the spectrum, the 50 to 85 percent of the world's population who are not the…
— Immanuel Wallerstein
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What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accomodates itself to society, aims to…
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