Jared Diamond

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter-evolutionary choices. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#decisions #evolution #evolution

History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#history #life #simplicity #life

...neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#life

Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#concept #evolution #makes #science #unique

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

Although native Africans domesticated some plants in the Sahel and in Ethiopia and in tropical West Africa, they acquired valuable domestic animals only later, from the north. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#africa #although #domestic #domesticated #ethiopia

I personally am not conscious of my accent. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#am #conscious #i #personally

Eurasia ended up with the most domesticated animal species in part because it's the world's largest land mass and offered the most wild species to begin with. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#because #begin #domesticated #ended #eurasia

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#doing #fun #i #leisure #leisure time

Australia is the most isolated continent. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#continent #isolated #most