Years ago Quote by Stephen Oppenheimer

History is direction—but Nature is extension—ergo, everyone gets eaten by a bear.

— Oswald Spengler

“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

“Polar bears began evolving their impressive vitamin A–fighting capabilities around 150,000 years ago, when small groups of Alaskan brown bears split off and migrated…

— Sam Kean

Bears dont want to eat people. We dont taste that good. Of course, you might be an exception. I bet youd taste good.

— Jacob Black

“The paleo diet uses a distorted view of ancient history to argue that a diet of 50 to 80 percent animal products is the…

— Joel Fuhrman

“By now, sympathy for the plight of the polar bears had largely disappeared from public discourse. Instead of beautiful mammals deserving of out preservation…

— Ryan Boudinot

It seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack…

— John Muir

“But when children continued to disappear every four years, the village shifted their attention to burrowing bears, then phantom bears, then bears in disguise . . .…

— Soman Chainani

“When you are where wild bears live you learn to pay attention to the rhythm of the land and yourself. Bears not only make…

— Linda Jo Hunter

Bears are extremely human, even down to their footprints. But I am also a fly fisherman, so I have fished beside brown bears in…

— Joseph Monninger

“Writing this book afforded me the opportunity to find out and to honor these creatures in stories and in science. I’m grateful to all…

— Cristina Eisenberg