Cro-Magnon Quotes

“Keep in mind that if you put ten paleoanthropologists in a room you’ll get at least twelve different opinions on the taxonomy of any fossil hominin sample.”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

“Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778) wrote this for the genus Homo: “Nosce te ipsum” (Know thyself). I understand why he said this, but as a practicing taxonomist, I find it unhelpful.”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

“I therefore have no problem with species that have leaky boundaries…”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

“I’ve been to Baton Rouge! Nothing happens there!”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

“At the tribe level, however, chimpanzees and bonobos are members of the tribe Panini, a name that makes me think of Italian bread, and not members of our tribe, Hominini.”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

“… one must be a bit eccentric to study human evolution for a living.”
― Trenton W. Holliday, Cro-Magnon: The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe