“We can now determine, easily and relatively cheaply, the detailed chemical architecture of genes ; and we can trace the products of these genes ( enzymes and proteins ) as they influence the course of embryology . In so doing we have made the astounding discovery that all complex animal phyla - arthropods and vertebrates in particular - have retained, despite their half-billion years of evolutionary independence, an extensive set of common genetic blueprints for building bodies.” YearsMadeBodyCoursesAnimalCommonHalfInfluenceBuildingParticularProductsDiscoveryIndependenceComplexesDetermineArchitectureBillionsDespiteChemicalsGenesProteinBlueprintsEnzymesVertebratesArthropods Book:Leonardo's Mountain Of Clams Source: Leonardo's Mountain Of Clams
“The purposiveness of all vital processes, the strategy of the genes and the power of the exploratory drive in animal and man, all seem to indicate that the pull of the future is as real as the pressure of the past.” MenRealSeemsPastProcessAnimalPressureStrategyGenes Author:Arthur Koestler
“The meaning of life is pretty clear: Living things strive to pass their genes into the future. The claim that we would not have morals or ethics without religion is extraordinary. Animals in nature seem to behave in moral ways without organized religion.” WaySeemsLife IsAnimalMoralClearEthicsClaimsStriveExtraordinaryBehaveMeaning Of LifeOrganizedGenesLiving ThingsOrganized ReligionAnimals In Nature Author:Bill Nye
“If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in life is to pass on their genes to the next generation.” IfsLife IsNextAnimalWatchesGenerationsAimDrivenConclusionLengthGenesNext Generation Author:David Attenborough
“The problem with the emotions is not that they are untamed forces or vestiges of our animal past; it is that they were designed to propagate copies of the genes that built them rather than to promote happiness, wisdom, or moral values.” ProblemPastValuesForceAnimalEmotionMoralBuiltCopiesGenesMoral ValuesUntamed Book:How the Mind Works Source: How the Mind Works