The way Conway Morris goes about biting the hand that once fed him would make a shoal of piranha seem decorous.
Simon Conway MorrisThe Burgess Shale is not unique, but for those who study evolution and fossils it has become something of an icon. It provides a reference point and a benchmark, a point of common discussion and an issue of universal scientific interest.
Simon Conway MorrisIf one compares the sequence of amino acids that go to form the protein haemoglobin, it becomes apparent that humans and chimps are identical and do not differ in a single site.
Simon Conway Morris