Evolution

Every species is a masterpiece, a creation assembled with extreme care and genius.

Evolution has no purpose; it simply drifts with the only constraint of maintaining structural cou...

Evolution has no purpose; it simply drifts with the only constraint of maintaining structural coupling.

The Council of All Beings allows us to step aside from our human identity and speak on behalf of ...

The Council of All Beings allows us to step aside from our human identity and speak on behalf of the other species and ecosystems with whom we share this Earth.

The variety of life is a heritage for all humanity. The species we are extinguishing took million...

The variety of life is a heritage for all humanity. The species we are extinguishing took millions of years to evolve.

We are evolution become conscious of itself.

We are not gods. We are not the appointed stewards of the planet. We are just another species, bu...

We are not gods. We are not the appointed stewards of the planet. We are just another species, but we happen to be the dominant one at this moment.

You get mature ecosystems such as rainforests and prairies where you have far more cooperation th...

You get mature ecosystems such as rainforests and prairies where you have far more cooperation than you have hostile competition.

Young species are acquisitive and territorial and grabby, and mature species co-operate, as in a ...

Young species are acquisitive and territorial and grabby, and mature species co-operate, as in a rainforest.

Philosophers and scientists have made the same mistake: they assumed the environment was fixed

Whenever philosophers and scientists have tried to explain how life evolved, they have made the same mistake: they’ve assumed that the environment was fixed and that the organisms simply …

Seed is not commodity. It is the embodiment of millions of years of evolution

Seed is not commodity. It is the embodiment of millions of years of evolution.

Symbiosis, living together in physical contact, is a concept neglected in evolution

I think the concept of symbiosis, of living together in physical contact, is a very important concept in evolution that has been neglected.

The romantic vision of biotic nature as a cooperative venture is scientifically accurate

The romantic vision of biotic nature as a cooperative venture is far more scientifically accurate than the view of nature as violent and competitive.

The view of evolution as chronic bloody competition dissolves before a new view of cooperation

The view of evolution as chronic bloody competition among individuals and species, a popular distortion of Darwin’s notion of ‘survival of the fittest,’ dissolves before a new view …

Life did not take over the globe by combat but by networking

“Life did not take over the globe by combat but by networking.” — Lynn Margulis Microcosmos (1986)

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“Bacteria are the hidden alchemists of the planet, shaping the atmosphere and the future.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)

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“Evolution is not a tree but a web. Symbiosis is the driving force.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)

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“Symbiosis is not marginal. It is the key to evolution and survival.” — Lynn Margulis Acquiring Genomes (2002)

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“The human body is not a single being but a consortium of species.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)

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“To understand life, we must understand the partnerships that make it possible.” — Lynn Margulis Microcosmos (1986)

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“We are walking communities of microbes, proof that cooperation drives life forward.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)

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“Gaia is a tough bitch: she has endured cataclysmic change for billions of years.” — Lynn Margulis Symbiotic Planet (1998)

Quote: Joanna Macy; "The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity..."

“The sorrow, grief, and rage you feel is a measure of your humanity and your evolutionary maturity…” – Joanna Macy Source: Greening of the Self (2013)

Quote: Joanna Macy; "When you look at what is happening to our world and it is hard to look at whats happening..."

“When you look at what is happening to our world-and it is hard to look at what’s happening to our water, our air, our trees, our fellow species-it becomes clear that unless you have some …

Profile: Elisabet Sahtouris

Elisabet Sahtouris is an American and Greek evolution biologist, futurist, and author whose work emphasises how cooperation and symbiosis, rather than competition alone, drive evolutionary processes. …

Profile: Lynn Margulis

Lynn Margulis (1938-2011) was an American evolutionary biologist whose endosymbiotic theory proposed that complex cells arose through symbiotic mergers of simpler organisms. Her work emphasized …