Psychology Quote by Sheri S. Tepper

What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is in a way a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically…

— Carl Sagan

“while the modern, human animal is capable of deep thought and, like its mammalian forebears, can nurture and play, it also is capable of…

— Edwin H Friedman

“The most fundamental, a major shift from the ape brand of sociality, was the human nuclear family, which gave all males a chance at…

— Nicholas Wade

“And with our work,” John continued, “we are carving out a new social order and the next step in the human story”—i.e., the latest…

— Kim Stanley Robinson

As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom we identify because in our…

— Michael Shermer

“For bonobos, a turbocharged sexuality utterly divorced from reproduction is a central feature of social interaction and group cohesion. Anthropologist Marvin Harris argues that…

— Christopher Ryan

I take seriously the idea that we are African Apes who (at least for the moment) dominate the planet, but our psychology is pretty…

— Dale Jamieson

“What appears to be lacking, even in great apes, is a motivation to find means to exchange what is on each other’s minds.”

— Thomas Suddendorf

“The lizard brain is hungry, scared, angry, and horny. The lizard brain only wants to eat and be safe. The lizard brain will fight…

— Seth Godin

“Anthropologist Donald Symons is as amazed as we are at frequent attempts to argue that monogamous gibbons could serve as viable models for human…

— Cacilda Jethá

“The brain does much more than recollect. It compares, synthesizes, analyzes, generates abstractions. We must figure out much more than our genes can know.…

— Carl Sagan

“I feel more human when I compare the cuteness of a lizard to a newborn child's sweetness. Both are God's creations filled with precious…

— Munia Khan