jonayed Hasan

“I myself had often suggested that extraordinary claims about DNA sequences from ancient bones require extraordinary evidence—namely, repetition of the results in another lab, an unusual step in a typically competitive scientific field.”
― Svante Pääbo, Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

“THE ENCOUNTER The door was closed: “Who is it?” “It’s me.” “I don’t know you.” And the door remained closed. The following day: “Who is it?” “It’s me.” “I don’t know who you are.” And the door remained closed. Then the following day: “Who is it?” “It’s you.” And the door opened. —From the Persian poet Farid al-Din Attar, born in 1142 in the city of Nishapur”
― Eduardo Galeano, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History

“A young graduate student, Linda Vigilant, who arrived at the lab on a motorcycle every morning, was doing this work. I was peripherally aware of her boyish charm but saw her mostly as a competitor for time on the coveted PCR machine. Little did I know that at a later time and in another country, we would be married and have children together.”
― Svante Pääbo, Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes

“To see the worlds of the world, shift your eyes. To have the birds hear your song, shift your throat.”
― Eduardo Galeano, Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History