Adaptation Quote by Ellsworth Huntington

But nature - that is, biological evolution - has not fitted man to any specific environment. On the contrary, ... he has a rather…

— Jacob Bronowski

A man's environment describes what goes on in his mind..

— Nana

Does man differ from the other animals? Only in posture. The rest are bent, but he is a wild beast who walks upright.

— Philemon

Nature hath made men so equal in the faculties of body and mind, as that though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger…

— Thomas Hobbes

In other words, we are interested in the anatomical and mental characteristics of men living under the same biological, geographical, and social environment, and…

— Franz Boas

Man by nature wants to know.

— Aristotle

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into…

— Joseph Addison

“Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances.”

— Henry David Thoreau

Biologically, man is still the great amateur of the animal kingdom; he is unique in his lack of anatomical and physiological specialization.

— Rene Dubos

Man is different from animals in that he speculates, a high-risk activity.

— Edward Hoagland

Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.

— Ayn Rand

Man should develop his physical condition simultaneously with that of his mind.

— Joseph Pilates