Biology Quote by Richard Fortey

“Whether we find it appealing or not is another question, but personally I like being fourth cousin to a mushroom and having a bonobo…

— Richard Fortey

“New analyses of the human genome establish that human evolution has been recent, copious and regional.”

— Nicholas Wade

“It is interesting to wonder whether taxonomists of the future may regret the way our generation messed around with genomes.”

— Richard Dawkins

Living in your genome is the history of our species.

— Barry Schuler

Genes are mysterious things, still unpredictable after all of our research, flecks of humanity that can destroy lives but, just as often, can teach…

— Monica Hesse

“The decoding of the human genome tells us that we are indeed related to the animals, the insects, and the plants, and that, like…

— Ian McCallum

“The cosmic perspective not only embraces our genetic kinship with all life on Earth but also values our chemical kinship with any yet-to-be discovered…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

“If one wished to speak provocatively, one could say that individuals created from such proofread genomes might be “more human” than anybody currently alive,…

— Nick Bostrom

We are inescapably the result of a long heritage of learning, adaptation, mutation and evolution, the product of a history which predates our birth…

— Fred Hoyle

I am thrilled to see my genome.

— James D. Watson

“The unspooling of the skein of the genome has effectively abolished racism and creationism, and the amazing findings of Hubble and Hawking have allowed…

— Christopher Hitchens

I'm fascinated with genetic science, and I have been for a very long time. I always look at science and technology because I think…

— Nick Rhodes