Jack Horner quotes

A dinosaur out of context is like a character without a story. Worse than that, the character suffers from amnesia. (Jack Horner)
Comparing science and religion isn't like comparing apples and oranges - it's more like apples and sewing machines. View quote
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Dinosaurs replace their teeth throughout their life. And T. rex replaced all of their teeth every year. View quote
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Unfortunately, with dinosaurs, we haven't had enough specimens to determine how much variation there is within a species. View quote
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Children have a great urge to learn about dinosaurs. View quote
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I'm trying to figure out the biology of dinosaurs and what they were like as living creatures. View quote
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Right now people are interested in genetic engineering to help the human race. That's a noble cause, and that's where we should be heading. But once we get past that - once we understand what genetic diseases we can deal with - when we start thinking about the future, there's an opportunity to create some new life-forms. View quote
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I encourage people who don't believe in evolution to look for horses in Jurassic Solenhofen limestone. View quote
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I found my first dinosaur bone when I was 6, growing up in Montana. Ever since then I've been interested in dinosaurs. View quote
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Almost all of my graduate students say that they got interested in dinosaurs because of 'Jurassic Park.' View quote
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We all have genes that come from our ancestors that aren't used - they're not turned on. So we actually carry ancient genes with us. If you could figure out how to turn those on, you could resurrect ancient characteristics from our ancestors. (Jack Horner)
In the future, I'd like to see paleontology as a whole get a lot more quantitative. View quote
Jack Horner