I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change - led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.
Life learned early on to recognize itself. - Lynn Margulis
Life learned early on to recognize itself.
- Lynn Margulis
Body concentrates order. It continuously self-repairs. Every five days you get a new stomach lining. You get a new liver every two months. Your skin … - Lynn Margulis
Body concentrates order. It continuously self-repairs. Every five days you get a new stomach lining. You get a new liver every two months. Your skin …
The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before us and will … - Lynn Margulis
The notion of saving the planet has nothing to do with intellectual honesty or science. The fact is that the planet was here long before us and will …
The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical… - Lynn Margulis
The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical…
Everybody knows what a caterpillar is, and it doesn't look anything like a butterfly. - Lynn Margulis
Everybody knows what a caterpillar is, and it doesn't look anything like a butterfly.
We are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings. - Lynn Margulis
We are all of us walking communities of bacteria. The world shimmers, a pointillist landscape made of tiny living beings.
Evolution is no linear family tree, but change in the single multidimensional being that has grown to cover the entire surface of Earth. - Lynn Margulis
Evolution is no linear family tree, but change in the single multidimensional being that has grown to cover the entire surface of Earth.
All I ask is that we compare human consciousness with spirochete ecology. - Lynn Margulis
All I ask is that we compare human consciousness with spirochete ecology.
To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we o… - Lynn Margulis
To me, the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable - the rhetoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we o…
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