"Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key……" — Elizabeth Kolbert
"Somewhere in our DNA must lie the key mutation (or, more probably, mutations) that set us apart—the mutations that make us the sort of creature that could wipe out its nearest relative, then dig up its bones and reassemble its genome."
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Elizabeth Kolbert
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12 Quotes by Elizabeth Kolbert
Elizabeth Kolbert has 12 quotes on this site.
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People tend to focus on the here and now. The problem is that, once global warming is something that most…
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It may seem impossible to imagine that a technologically advanced society could choose, in essence, to destroy itself, but that…
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It is estimated that one-third of all reef-building corals, a third of all fresh-water mollusks, a third of sharks and…
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In pushing other species to extinction, humanity is busy sawing off the limb on which it perches.
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Zalasiewicz is convinced that even a moderately competent stratigrapher will, at the distance of a hundred million years or so,…
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Though it might be nice to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature, it’s…
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What's the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we're willing…
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In a poll commissioned by Time and CNN, two-thirds of American parents said they think that their children are spoiled.
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Letting things slide is always the easiest thing to do, in parenting no less than in banking, public education, and…
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Parents want their kids’ approval, a reversal of the past ideal of children striving for their parents’ approval.
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It doesn’t much matter whether people care or don’t care. What matters is that people change the world.
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Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.
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Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.
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The covers of this book are too far apart.
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Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length?
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