# Quote — Jerry A. Coyne, Why Evolution Is True

> We are the one creature to whom natural selection has bequeathed a brain complex enough to comprehend the laws that govern the universe. And we should be proud that we are the only species that has figured out how we came to be.

- Author: [Jerry A. Coyne](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne.md)
- Book: [Why Evolution Is True](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true.md)
- Page: 233
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/we-are-the

## More from this book

> Tiny, nonfunctional wings, a dangerous appendix, eyes that can’t see, and silly ear muscles simply don’t make sense if you think that species were specially created.

p. 64 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/tiny-nonfunctional-wings.md)

> Now, science cannot completely exclude the possibility of supernatural explanation. It is possible—though very unlikely—that our whole world is controlled by elves. But supernatural explanations like these are simply never needed; we manage to understand the natural world just fine using reason and materialism.

p. 224 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/now-science-cannot.md)

> It’s clear that this resistance stems largely from religion. You can find religions without creationism, but you never find creationism without religion.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/jerry-a-coyne/why-evolution-is-true/its-clear-that.md)