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We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Animal Clear Earth Forests Living Most Need Percent Plant Rain Remaining Species Surface Tropical

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I doubt that most people with short-term thinking love the natural world enough to save it.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Doubt Enough Love Most Natural Natural World People Save Short-Term Thinking World

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The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: About Affected Ants Humans Profoundly Think Way Work I Think

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Ants are the dominant insects of the world, and they've had a great impact on habitats almost all over the land surface of the world for more than 50-million years.

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Topics: Almost Almost All Ants Dominant Great Had Impact Insects Land More Over Surface Than World Years

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I tend to believe that religious dogma is a consequence of evolution.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Believe Consequence Dogma Evolution Religious Tend

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I thought perhaps it should be recognized that religious people, including fundamentalists, are quite intelligent, many of them are highly educated, and they should be treated with complete respect.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Complete Educated Fundamentalists Highly Including Intelligent Many People Perhaps Quite Recognized Religious Religious People Respect Should Them Thought Treated

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'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.

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Topics: Argument Audience Biological Book Broad Creation Diversity Earth Most Possible Presents Saving

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So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: About Alabama Biologically Evolution Freshman Freshman Year Gradually Increasingly Just Known Learning Literature Me More Out Scientific Secular Taking Transformed University View World Year

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Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Accidents Actually Almost Biologists Due Evolution Find First Function How Irrelevant Itself Looks Matter May Never Odd Outcome Phenomenon Prove Real Research See Serve Small Tell Who Will You

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But I feel music has a very important role in ritual activity, and that being able to join in musical activity, along with dancing, could have been necessary at a very early stage of human culture.

~E. O. Wilson

Topics: Able Activity Along Been Being Could Culture Dancing Early Feel Human Important Important Role Join Music Musical Necessary Ritual Role Stage Very I Feel

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 10th, 1929

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