Quotes About Biology

Folk will tell ye that owls havena got an arsehole, so they canna pass the things they eat—like mice, aye? So the bones and the hairs and such are all made up into a ball, and the owl vomits them out, not bein' able to get rid of them out the other end.

The maxillary muscles run from the sagittal crest at the top of the skull to an insertion on the mandible," I thought, dimly recalling the description from Grey's Anatomy.

Many people thought that, given my knowledge of the egg, I should analyse embryonic mutants.

I am 3.8 percent Neanderthal. One of my ancestors mated with a Neanderthal, and I am not embarrassed by that.

We're not all equal, it's simply not true. That isn't science.

It is important to keep in mind that our bodies must work pretty well, or their wouldn't be so many humans on the planet.

There is no other organ quite like the uterus. If men had such an organ, they would brag about it. So should we.

Why should a biological species that is innately magnificent in its smallest details issue forth with blank minds and blank consciousness which have nothing innate in them?

The sea where living creatures were at one time immersed is now enclosed within their bodies.

In the course of millions of years there was no form of living creature that hadn't had its opportunity to come forth, populate the Earth, and then—in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred—decline and vanish.

If it really were impossible to derive an ought from the is of the human design, then the practice of medicine would make no sense. Natural

Death is just a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.

The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.

Nevertheless, with reference to the natural process of childbirth one thing can seldom be forgotten, the fact that the human infant has an absurdly big head.

It's hard to reach [the age of] 100. We're not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.

We also suggested that Dr. Nicholas teach us about the history of burping, maggots, snakes, and barf.

Cats have an extra eyelid.

Miyazaki's films bear witness to a keen understanding of animation as the most unfettered and potentially the most creative cinematic form thanks to its knack of transcending the laws of physics and biology, as well as flouting the expectations of logic and mimesis with carnivalesque gusto.

Traditional theory said that hardware was a limit," Ericsson said. "But if people are able to transform the mechanism that mediates performance by training, then we're in an entirely new space. This is a biological system, not a computer. It can construct itself.

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!

Wherever there is a design that is highly successful in a broad range of similar environments, it is apt to emerge again and again, independently - the phenomenon known in biology as convergent evolution. I call these designs 'good tricks.'

Biology: how the physical body functions         ââ'¬Â¢ Psychology: developmental issues and thought patterns         ââ'¬Â¢ Social connections: social support and current life situation         ââ'¬Â¢ Spiritual health: what life means

the recent discovery that your habits and emotions can impact your biology so deeply that it causes changes in the genes that are transmitted to the next several generations.

Arthritic toothless people who love orgasms are more likely to reproduce than are limber, toothy people who do not.