Quotes about Fossils

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What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists — John Lubbock, The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists — John Lubbock, The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live in
No fossil is buried with its birth certificate. That, and the scarcity of fossils, means that it is effectively impossib — Henry Gee, In Search of Deep Time
No fossil is buried with its birth certificate. That, and the scarcity of fossils, means that it is effectively impossib — Henry Gee, In Search of Deep Time
The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it o — Gareth J. Nelson
The idea that one can go to the fossil record and expect to empirically recover an ancestor-descendant sequence, be it o — Gareth J. Nelson
The phrase 'the fossil record' sounds impressive and authoritative. As used by some persons it becomes, as intended, int — Gareth J. Nelson
The phrase 'the fossil record' sounds impressive and authoritative. As used by some persons it becomes, as intended, int — Gareth J. Nelson
We can only predict the future ecological changes, by emergence of the past into the present. — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
We can only predict the future ecological changes, by emergence of the past into the present. — Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!
I pace the shallow sea, walking the time between, reflecting on the type of fossil I’d like to be. I guess I’d like my b — Ann Zwinger, Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
I pace the shallow sea, walking the time between, reflecting on the type of fossil I’d like to be. I guess I’d like my b — Ann Zwinger, Downcanyon: A Naturalist Explores the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
Have you ever plunged into the immensity of space and time by reading the geological treatises of Cuvier? Borne away on — Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
Have you ever plunged into the immensity of space and time by reading the geological treatises of Cuvier? Borne away on — Honoré de Balzac, The Wild Ass's Skin
The whole of language is a continuous process of metaphor, and the history of semantics is an aspect of the history of c — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks
The whole of language is a continuous process of metaphor, and the history of semantics is an aspect of the history of c — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks
Wherever sufficiently numerous series of the remains of any given group, which has endured for a long space of time, are — Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
Wherever sufficiently numerous series of the remains of any given group, which has endured for a long space of time, are — Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
I consoled myself with Granddaddy's words on the fossil record and the Book of Genesis: It was more important to underst — Kelly Jacqueline
I consoled myself with Granddaddy's words on the fossil record and the Book of Genesis: It was more important to underst — Kelly Jacqueline
Now, evolution is the substance of fossils hoped for, the evidence of links not seen. — Duane T. Gish
Now, evolution is the substance of fossils hoped for, the evidence of links not seen. — Duane T. Gish
All a man can see while looking at the sky are cosmic fossils of thousands and millions of years ago. The only thing an — Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World
All a man can see while looking at the sky are cosmic fossils of thousands and millions of years ago. The only thing an — Jostein Gaarder, Sophie's World
But just in proportion as this process of extermination has acted on an enormous scale, so must the number of intermedia — Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
But just in proportion as this process of extermination has acted on an enormous scale, so must the number of intermedia — Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species
If we were fossils of two snails caught in a rock for millions of years.Would we know we were together? — Natasha Tsakos
If we were fossils of two snails caught in a rock for millions of years.Would we know we were together? — Natasha Tsakos
An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied t — Richard E. Leakey
An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that Homo sapiens sapiens has occupied t — Richard E. Leakey
Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite — Henry Fairfield Osborn
Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite — Henry Fairfield Osborn
The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossi — Jack Horner, How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever
The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossi — Jack Horner, How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever