History Of Life quotes
15 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"The history of life is more adequately represented by a picture of 'punctuated equilibria' than by the notion of phyletic gradualism. The history of evolution is not one of stately unfolding, but a story of homeostatic equilibria, disturbed only 'rarely' (i.e. rather often in the fullness of time) by rapid and episodic events of speciation."
"History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time."
"History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life"
"If we are still here to witness the destruction of our planet some five billion years or more hence, then we will have achieved something so unprecedented in the history of life that we should be willing to sing our swansong with joy - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi."
"The world can now maintain an acute infection in a way that is unprecedented in the history of life on our planet."
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