Biologists Quote by Robin Marantz Henig

In true natural selection, if a body has what it takes to survive, its genes automatically survive because they are inside it. So the…

— Richard Dawkins

Genetics is where we come from. It's deeply natural to want to know.

— Ellen Ullman

“In the world of the extended phenotype, ask not how an animal's behaviour benefits its genes; ask instead whose genes it is benefiting.”

— Richard Dawkins

Natural selection involves no plan, no goal, and no direction — just genes increasing and decreasing in frequency depending on whether individuals with those…

— Randolph M. Nesse

Evolutionary psychology offers a parsimonious framework for understanding which domains are likely to yield sex differences and, if so, in which direction.

— Gad Saad

“EVOLUTION RESTS ON three steps: (a) certain biological traits are inherited by genetic means; (b) mutations and gene recombination produce variation in those traits;…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

Genetics help to some degree, but the most important thing is the mind and the spirit. These two are even more powerful than physical…

— Serge Nubret

Through the evolutionary process, those who are able to engage in social cooperation of various sorts do better in survival and reproduction.

— Robert Nozick

“evolution can occur through sheer will. Our habits determine the expression of our genes.”

— Adam Burch

Evolutionary biology is crazy because sometimes it seems anybody can draw any conclusion they want.

— Naomi Wolf

A person's genetic endowment, a product of the evolution of the species, is said to explain part of the workings of his mind and…

— B. F. Skinner

“If genes strongly influence average levels of a trait, that trait is strongly inherited. If genes strongly influence the extent of variability around that…

— Robert M. Sapolsky