Quotables
'To assume that we [humans] evolved until we reached a particular point and now are unlikely to change for the rest of history, or to view ourselves as relics hampered by a self-inflicted mismatch between our environment and our genes, is to miss out on some of the most exciting new developments in evolutionary biology.' (Marlene Zuk, in 'Paleofantasy', p13.)
Intended
for the Advancement of
Public Understanding of the Biological Sciences
What is Life presents conceptual
thinking in biology. While many current issues in biology
are based on simple ideas, the elucidation of biological
mechanisms that explain diverse aspects of life is challenging
because cells and organisms are complex systems. To understand how biologists study the structure and function of living
organisms one has to understand the relationship between
experiment and theory. Such an understanding amounts to
scientific literacy.
