Darwinian Evolution

Famous quotes containing the words darwinian and/or evolution:

    While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
    At best is only a monkey shaved!
    Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    Analyze theory-building how we will, we all must start in the middle. Our conceptual firsts are middle-sized, middle-distanced objects, and our introduction to them and to everything comes midway in the cultural evolution of the race.
    Willard Van Orman Quine (b. 1908)