Steve Jones (biologist) Quote

Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas.


Almost Like a Whale: The Origin of the Species Updated (1999)


Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas.

Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas.

Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas.

Evolution is to the social sciences as statues are to birds: a convenient platform upon which to deposit badly digested ideas.