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 of the Earth, however, tells a very different story.


The Evolution of Diversity in Ancient Ecosystems: A Review, Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Volume 353, Number, 1366, February 28, 1998

Simon Conway Morris Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...