David Bainbridge > Quotes

“As a result, human female pelvises are exceptionally large – even before puberty, but much more so after it, when its internal capacity increases at the expense of efficient walking and running.”
― David Bainbridge, Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape

“Similarly, thinkers from the early Islamic world”
― David Bainbridge, How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification

“The turning point in the story of zoological classification came with the theory of natural selection – formulated in the middle of the nineteenth century, simultaneously by two British biologists, Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace.”
― David Bainbridge, How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification

“The ‘big three’ desirable features for a heterosexual man’s mate are perhaps unsurprising – femininity, health, fertility. Men seek women who look obviously like women; men seek women who have good genes and are healthy; men seek women who look like they have years of efficient breeding ahead of them.”
― David Bainbridge, Curvology: The Origins and Power of Female Body Shape

“Peut-être y a-t-il dans l'étude du vieux et des morts quelque chose qui maintient jeune et vivant.”
― David Bainbridge, Paleontology: An Illustrated History