Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees. George Gaylord Simpson Read Quote
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself. George Gaylord Simpson Read Quote
I don’t know where to put whales. I’m sticking them here, but I don’t have any reason for it. George Gaylord Simpson Read Quote
Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man. George Gaylord Simpson Read Quote