#humans

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#bomb #brains #culture #deep #deep space

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#broadest #convincing #dinosaurs #eventually #explanations

Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#americas #animal #camels #cattle #could

Tasmanian history is a study of human isolation unprecedented except in science fiction - namely, complete isolation from other humans for 10,000 years. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#except #fiction #history #human #humans

A lot of people have this ego need that makes them want to believe that Earth is the center of the universe and humans are the most important species, the supreme expression of creation. ↗

— Ann Druyan

#center #creation #earth #ego #expression

But there are too many people that make so much money at the cost of lives of other humans and for no reason but to make the money. ↗

— Lily Tomlin

#humans #lives #make #many #money

It's been studied to the point where we know that the impact on humans would be from consuming the most infected parts of the cow; that is, the brain and the spinal cord. ↗

— Ann Veneman

#brain #consuming #cord #cow #humans

People in very high places suddenly fall, and we are always surprised because we don't factor in the basic element that they're humans and, therefore, they are flawed and have weaknesses. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#basic #because #element #factor #fall

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#complicated #earth #humans #most #next

Most of what you see now emphasizes animals being dangerous to humans. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#dangerous #emphasizes #humans #most #now