What’s been gratifying is to live long enough to see molecular biology and evolutionary biology growing toward each other and uniting in research efforts.
E. O. WILSONAnts are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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Nature holds the key to our aesthetic, intellectual, cognitive and even spiritual satisfaction.
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If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way.
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You are capable of more than you know. Choose a goal that seems right for you and strive to be the best, however hard the path.
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If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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In some ways, I had a traditional ‘old South’ upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an
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The world depends on fungi, because they are major players in the cycling of materials and energy around the world.
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An individual ant, even though it has a brain about a millionth of a size of a human being’s, can learn a maze; the kind we use is a simple rat maze in a laboratory. They can learn it about one-half as fast as a rat.
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We have decommissioned natural selection and must now look deep within ourselves and decide what we wish to become.
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Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
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Willing to try to get a better atmosphere through a demonstration of democratic principles, fairness and cooperation, a better product, those will win in the end.
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The one process now going on that will take millions of years to correct is the loss of genetic and species diversity by the destruction of natural habitats.
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