Biology Quote by Steven Pinker

“evolution is about reproduction, passing on copies of genes.”

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Richard Dawkins and his followers have recycled the theory of evolution not as a biological theory but as a theory of everything – of…

— Roger Scruton

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

— Adam Burch

“Genetic evolutionists warn that if we fail to apply the lessons of our shared genetic destiny, which should be teaching us the importance of…

— Bruce H. Lipton

“recent discoveries that human evolution has been recent, copious and regional severely undercut the social scientists’ official view of the world because they establish…

— Nicholas Wade

“Tinkering with our genes won’t necessarily kill us. But we might fiddle with Homo sapiens to such an extent that we would no longer…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“The gene provides an organizing principle for modern biology—and it tantalizes us with the prospect of controlling our bodies and fates.”

— Siddhartha Mukherjee

“Thus, for our purposes, genes aren’t about inevitability. Instead they’re about context-dependent tendencies, propensities, potentials, and vulnerabilities. All embedded in the fabric of the…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“Yet why should individuals care about this evolutionary calculus? Why would any sane person lower his or her standard of living just to multiply…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Our recent divergence from a small population explains another important fact, one that every human ought to know: we are a genetically homogenous species.”

— Daniel E. Lieberman

In the last century, as we learned more about genes, we were able to devise ways of accelerating evolution.

— Nina Fedoroff

“the popular conception of the gene as a simple causal agent is not valid. The idea that there is a gene for adventurousness, heart…

— Eva Jablonka