Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
E. O. WILSONIf history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
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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.
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In many environments, take away the ants and there would be partial collapses in many of the land ecosystems.
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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they’ve had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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Every major religion today is a winner in the Darwinian struggle waged among cultures, and none ever flourished by tolerating its rivals.
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Without a trace of irony I can say I have been blessed with brilliant enemies. I owe them a great debt, because they redoubled my energies and drove me in new directions.
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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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If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.
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When you have seen one ant, one bird, one tree, you have not seen them all.
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This is the folly our descendants are least likely to forgive us.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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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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There doesn’t seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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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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The two major challenges for the 21st century are to improve the economic situation of the majority and save as much of the planet as we can.
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