Human consciousness becomes a terrible gift which challenges the power that gave it.

We evolved. We have only to look at the pouting face of a young chimpanzee to laugh at its reflections of ourselves. We know that more then 98 percent of our genes are shared with the chimpanzee, but we feel the kinship directly when the furry baby puts up its arms to be held.

If sex evolved so that your children are not condemned to be just like you, intelligence evolved so that you are not condemned to be just like yourself.

Anyone who has lived through an English winter can see the point of building Stonehenge to make the Sun come back.