It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
The fact that some things are mysterious or that they touch on mystery isn’t in some way a capitulation, and one should realize that there are some things that we may never understand and, to that extent, should be humbled by that. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
Scientists have wonderfully explained the organization of the universe, but that’s really all it claims to do, and I think it does that very successfully. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
As a number of people have stressed over the years, I think it would be premature to assume science itself will explain everything. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
I would argue that in any habitable zone that doesn’t boil or freeze, intelligent life is going to emerge because intelligence is convergent. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
Pikaia is a missing link because, of all chordates, it’s probably the most primitive. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
The manner in which life constructs itself must be dealing with some other principle which we’ve failed to identify. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
The common ancient ancestor of mulluses and chordates could not possibly have possessed a camera eye, so quite clearly they have evolved independently. The solution has been arrived at by completely different routes. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
Ethics are pre-determined and a matter of discovery, not a evolved concept. Simon Conway Morris Read Quote
