American - Scientist | June 15, 1946 -
I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures.
Jack Horner
TryingBiologyLivingDinosaursOut
Dinosaurs replace their teeth throughout their life. And T. rex replaced all of their teeth every year.
LifeYearTeethDinosaursReplaceT
Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
ChangeEvolutionHappenQuicklyDoes
Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
ChildrenYouTalkDinosaursTell
Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
ControlPotentialUnderstandChickens
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines.
ScienceReligionSewingMoreApples
In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative.
FutureMoreSeeQuantitativeGet
Historical science is being left in the dust.
ScienceDustHistoricalLeftBeing
Scientists have egos, and scientists like to name dinosaurs. They like to name anything. Everybody likes to have their own animal that they named.
AnimalNameDinosaursAnythingOwn
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Jack Horner quotes