Biology Quote by John Maynard Smith Download Open image “The evolution of sex is the hardest problem in evolutionary biology.” — John Maynard Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Biology Evolution Evolutionary biology Hardest Problem Sex
I regard sex as the central problem of life. And now that the problem of religion has practically been settled, and that the problem… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
The trouble is that sex is a force of nature, and reason is not. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
From an evolutionary point of view, sex is really just a reward mechanism to encourage us to pass on our genetic material. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Evolution's always hard. Hard and bleak. No such thing as happy evolution — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We now know that sex is complicated enough that we have to admit nature doesn't draw the line for us between male and female,… — Alice Dreger Copy Share Image
Biological sex should not determine what we are capable of, what we aspire to, what we do in our life. — Anne-Marie Slaughter Copy Share Image
Mr. Darwin ... has failed to hold definitely before his mind the principle that the difference of sex, whatever it may consist in, must… — Antoinette Brown Blackwell Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
The central problem of biological evolution is the nature of mutation, but hitherto the occurrence of this has been wholly refractory and impossible to… — Hermann Joseph Muller Copy Share Image
“Unlike the clonal longevity of asexual organisms, sexually reproduced plants and animals usually have briefer, individual life cycles. In short, the enormous diversity afforded… — Richard J. Borden Copy Share Image
It is an occupational risk of biologists to claim, towards the end of their careers, that the problems which they have not solved are… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
As an evolutionary biologist, I have learned over the years that most people do not want to see themselves as lumbering robots programmed to… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that,… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Scientific theories tell us what is possible; myths tell us what is desirable. Both are needed to guide proper action. — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
I can't go around believing in a God that believes suffering is good for me. — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Evolutionary game theory is a way of thinking about evolution at the phenotypic level when the fitnesses of particular phenotypes depend on their frequencies… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
This argument [that life is too improbable to have arisen by chance] comes up repeatedly: its latest manifestation is Hoyle's discussion of the likelihood… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
So far, we have been able to study only one evolving system and we cannot wait for interstellar flight to provide us with a… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is the only workable explanation that has ever been proposed for the remarkable fact of our own… — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
Mathematics without natural history is sterile, but natural history without mathematics is muddled. — John Maynard Smith Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
We became Homo sapiens not that long ago, from the scientific perspective, and we've retained a lot of our beast nature. We've done all… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
“Toshiaki learned that all living organisms were governed by their DNA. He was impressed by perfection of this system.Why did existence have the ability… — Hideaki Sena Copy Share Image
We are somehow the children of the planet, we are somehow its finest hour; we bind time, we bind the past, we anticipate the… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me. — Roger Spottiswoode Copy Share Image
Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and consequently orient… — Pierre-Paul Grasse Copy Share Image
“A note of caution: epigenetics is also on the verge of transforming into a dangerous idea. Epigenetic modifications of genes can potentially superpose historical… — Siddhartha Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Natural history is not taught in seminary. This is curious, as most people in pastoral ministry are about 567 times more likely to be… — Sara Maitland Copy Share Image
We are coming to a place where the road ends. From here on out, we will be making the road as we walk it,… — Tom Atlee Copy Share Image
