“Evolution is not controversial in the field of science. It's controversial in the public sphere because public education is highly politicized.” FieldsEvolutionSpheresControversialPublic Education Author:Eugenie Scott
“Evolution is far more than a belief or an educated guess about how people came to be as they are. It is, in fact, the product of converging evidence from many, many different fields of science. Many, many thousands of studies that, in fact, have provided a theory, an organizing principal in fact, that describes how humans came to be.” PeopleHumansDifferentFactsBeliefStudyFieldsProductsTheoryEvolutionEvidenceEducatedPrincipal Author:Alan I. Leshner
“Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a bird capable, say, of catching insects in mid-air, with the result that birds of similar habitats tend to have very similar anatomies, whatever their ancestry. For example, American vultures look and behave much like Old World vultures, but biologists have come to realize that the former are related to storks, the latter to hawks, and that their resemblances result from their common lifestyle.” WorldWayLooksDifficultRealizingResultsCommonAirExampleDesignFieldsEvolutionCapableBirdLifestyleFlightFormerBehaveRelatedLatterSevereInsectsCatchingConstraintsAncestryAnatomyResemblanceHawksBiologistHabitatOld WorldVultureTaxonomyStorks Author:Jared Diamond
“Let us have a fair field! This is all we ask, and we will be content with nothing less. The finger of evolution, which touches everything, is laid tenderly upon women. They have on their side all the elements of progress, and its spirit stirs within them. They are fighting, not for themselves alone, but for the future of humanity. Let them have a fair field!” SpiritHumanityFightingAsksSidesProgressFieldsEvolutionElementsFairsFingersWomens RightsFuture Of Humanity Author:Tennessee Celeste Claflin
“I mean, obviously, one of the strongest arguments against evolution and selection of the fittest and progress, which is part of evolution, is the current field of the presidential candidates. We started off with Washington and Adams and Jefferson and then we had Lincoln, and now we moved ahead and look where we are now.” LooksMeanProgressFieldsEvolutionArgumentMovedCurrentsPresidentialCandidatesStrongestPresidencySelectionPresidential Candidate Author:William Kristol
“I love the world the Lord has created; I love the mountains, the rivers, the valleys, the skies. I love the forests, the fields, the flowers. I love the mysteries of evolution and dna and the big bang. I want to know the majesties of the Lord's Creation. I cannot close my eyes to all this. I cannot turn away from science and scientific exploration.” KnowsWorldWantBigsEyeTurnsLordMysterySkyCreationFieldsFlowerEvolutionMountainRiversForestsExplorationValleysDnaBangsMajesty Author:Anne Rice
“I have this amateur side attraction to, and interest in, the sciences and biology and physics and evolution. Paleontology is of interest to me. I'm interested in the way these fields have helped us understand how we are human and why we are human. I'm also from the area that is considered to be the cradle of mankind.” WayHumansSidesInterestMankindFieldsEvolutionAreasAttractionPhysicsBiologyCradlePaleontology Author:Wangechi Mutu
“In spite of all these disquieting triumphs in the field of natural science, it's astonishing how little man has learned about himself, and how much there is to learn. How little we know about this brain which made social evolution possible, and of the mind. How little we know of the nature and spirit of man and God. We stand now before this inner frontier of ignorance. If we could pass it, we might well discover the meaning of life and understand man's destiny.” IfsKnowsMenMindWellsLittlesMadeMightSpiritSocialNaturalBrainDestinyFieldsIgnoranceEvolutionTriumphMeaning Of LifeSpiteFrontiersAstonishingNatural ScienceLittle Man Author:Wilder Penfield