#volution

When I realized, in 1978, that Lucy did represent a new species of human ancestor, and that I had an opportunity to name this new species, I realized this was a revolutionary step in understanding human origins. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#had #human #i #lucy #name

Civilization, we shall find, like Universalism and Christianity, is anti evolutionary in its effects; it works against the laws and conditions which regulated the earlier stages of man's ascent. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#anti #ascent #christianity #civilization #conditions

There are the further difficulties of building a population out of a diversity of races, each at a different stage of cultural evolution, some in need of restraint, many in need of protection; everywhere a bewildering Babel of tongues. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#bewildering #building #cultural #different #difficulties

There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our inborn nature and have a place in Nature's scheme of evolution. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#evolution #feeling #few #few men #inborn

Under no stretch of imagination can war be regarded as an ethical process; yet war, force, terror, and propaganda were the evolutionary means employed to weld the German people into a tribal whole. ↗

— Arthur Keith

#ethical #evolutionary #force #german #german people

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that because of the very structure of matter and of the chemical bonds that are the basis of every organism, evolution is not random at all. It will tend to follow certain paths. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#because #bonds #certain #chemical #computer

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#actually #anticipating #because #evolution #future

It's time to move on to the next step in the psychedelic revolution. We've reached a certain point, but we're not moving any more. ↗

— Ken Kesey

#certain #certain point #more #move #move on

Evolution has long been the target of illogical arguments that use presumption. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#evolution #illogical #long #presumption #target

The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government. ↗

— Bob Schaffer

#being #campaign #color #corrupt #demonstrators