E. O. Wilson
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson, usually cited as E. O. Wilson, is an American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalistand author. His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he is considered to be the world's leading expert...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth10 June 1929
CountryUnited States of America
kids able way
Every kid has a bug period, I like to say, and I just got so fascinated and I had that experience, that wonderful life of being able to go out on my own without really any supervision at all. I just lucked out that way. I was trusted as a kid.
way becoming honest
I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
successful years way
So, the ant way of life is very ancient and very successful. As far as human beings are concerned, we've been around for only one million years--too soon be sure.
variation levels way
Evolution by natural selection is not an idle hypothesis. The genetic variation on which selection acts is well understood in principle all the way down to the molecular level.
thinking ants way
The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.
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The education of women is the best way to save the environment.
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There doesn't seem to be any other way of creating the next green revolution without GMOs.
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Each of these [bacterial] species are masterpieces of evolution. Each has persisted for thousands to millions of years. Each is exquisitely adapted to the environment in which it lives, interlocked with other species to form ecosystems upon which our own lives depend in ways we have not begun even to imagine.
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We've been talking to about 10 labels. So far, they haven't given us exactly what we want.
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We've been struggling to make outside shots and we need to make outside shots to play our inside-out game and Kyle stepped up and made the outside shots we needed.
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We weren't just going against her. They have a very good team. Our game plan was just to play her as best as we can play her.
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We have to continue to play at a high level and get more turnovers. We have to be around the football and give the offense more opportunities to score points.
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What's good for the country is good for General Motors, and vice versa.
binding human lung
We got some binding to the human lung cell, but it wasn't dramatic.