“No known human group . . . simply throw[s] out its dead without any ritual or ceremony. In stark contrast, no animal practices burial of dead individuals of its own species.”
TD
“Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.”
Theodosius Dobzhansky
“The evolution of life, and the evolutionary origin of mankind, are scientifically established as firmly and completely as any historical event not witnessed by human observers. Any concession to anti-...”
Theodosius Dobzhansky
“According to Goldschmidt, all that evolution by the usual mutations—dubbed "micromutations"—can accomplish is to bring about "diversification strictly within species, usually, if not exclusively, for ...”
Theodosius Dobzhansky
“The living world is not a single array . . . connected by unbroken series of intergrades.”
Theodosius Dobzhansky
“My genes have indeed determined what I am, but only in the sense that, given the succession of environments and experiences that were mine, a carrier of a different set of genes might have become unli...”
Theodosius Dobzhansky