Civilization Quote by Howard Rheingold

“It’s important to keep in mind that when viewed against the full scale of our species’ existence, ten thousand years is but a brief…

— Christopher Ryan

Paleoclimatic records show clearly that the past 10,000 years, the Holocene, is a remarkably stable period in which we went from being a few…

— Johan Rockstrom

We're addicted to this concept of civilization - we can't imagine living outside of it because we've had it for 10,000 years, all of…

— Serj Tankian

“The last 10,000 to 20,000 years have witnessed a period of dramatic growth in human civilization. Indeed, our growth during this time is unique…

— Heidi Cullen

“Estimates are that the hunter-gatherers who were all but wiped out by the agricultural revolution numbered around 2 million 12,000 years ago. Agriculture spread…

— Adam Rutherford

I am afforded a bit of easy wonderment in relative comfort as to how humans have lasted so long. Climate- and geography-wise, the planet…

— Henry Rollins

Humans lived for several million years as fully wild beings: only in the last 10, 000 did we invent agriculture; only in the last…

— Simon Barnes

Humanity will live as long as there are humans.

— Vasily Grossman

Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used our wits…

— David Suzuki

“Earlier than about 10,000 years ago, all human populations were hunter gatherers. Soon, probably none will be. Those not extinct will be 'civilised' —…

— Richard Dawkins

It is astonishing to realise that the human species survived hundreds of thousands of years, more than 99 percent of its time on this…

— Leonard Hayflick

Eventually, humans invented agriculture, which could be understood as a way of turning the natural world into a tool for our use. There's evidence…

— Annalee Newitz