E. O. Wilson Evolution Quotations

Theology made no provision for evolution.

To genetic evolution, the human lineage has added the parallel track of cultural evolution.

That is the great mystery of human evolution: how to account for calculus and Mozart.

In the process of natural selection, then, any device that can insert a higher proportion of certain genes into subsequent generations will come to characterize the species.

To be anthropocentric is to remain unaware of the limits of human nature, the significance of biological processes underlying human behavior, and the deeper meaning of long-term genetic evolution.