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Top 10 Simon Conway Morris Quotes (2025 Update)

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “On a perfect planet such as might be acceptable to a physicist, one might predict that from its origin the diversity of life would grow exponentially until the carrying capacity, however defined, was reached. The fossil record on Earth, however, tells a very different story.”

1. “On a perfect planet such as might be acceptable to a physicist, one might predict that from its origin the diversity of life would grow exponentially until the carrying capacity, however defined, was reached. The fossil record on Earth, however, tells a very different story.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.”

2. “It is difficult to imagine evolution in alien planets operating in any manner other than Darwinian.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.”

3. “Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “Richard Dawkins is arguably England’s most pious atheist.”

4. “Richard Dawkins is arguably England’s most pious atheist.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest.”

5. “The Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “The way Conway Morris goes about biting the hand that once fed him would make a shoal of piranha seem decorous.”

6. “The way Conway Morris goes about biting the hand that once fed him would make a shoal of piranha seem decorous.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.”

7. “It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are bearable only if somehow they may be redeemed.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour.”

8. “If there were a clear prospect that such evils were part of a barbarian past, then at least we might find a small crumb of comfort. No such prospect exists: no scientific analysis can even remotely answer or account for past and present horrors of human behaviour.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd.”

9. “When discussing organic evolution the only point of agreement seems to be: ‘It happened.’ Thereafter, there is little consensus, which at first sight must seem rather odd.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.”

10. “I am driven to observe of the ultra-Darwinists the following features as symptomatic. First, to my eyes, is their almost unbelievable self-assurance, their breezy self-confidence.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.”

11. “By obtaining a sense of its place in the unfolding drama of life, set in an ecological theatre, so we can understand why it has become one of the leading players.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might strange thought actually tell us things about the world that are not only to our real advantage, but will never be revealed by science.”

12. “It seldom seems to strike the ultra-Darwinists that theology might have its own richness and subtleties, and might strange thought actually tell us things about the world that are not only to our real advantage, but will never be revealed by science.”

— Simon Conway Morris

Simon Conway Morris Quote: “If one compares the sequence of amino acids that go to form the protein haemoglobin, it becomes apparent that humans and chimps are identical and do not differ in a single site...”

13. “If one compares the sequence of amino acids that go to form the protein haemoglobin, it becomes apparent that humans and chimps are identical and do not differ in a single site...”

— Simon Conway Morris

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