Ziya Tong Quotes

Canada, Television Personality
1980

Ziya Tong is an English-born Canadian television personality and producer, formerly the co-host of Discovery Channel's long-running primetime science magazine, Daily Planet.

Also known as Producer

Most of what we know about human evolution comes from these: the fossilized bones of our ancestors. With their help, we've traced our evolution from small furry creatures to the big-brained beings we've become today. But bones can't tell us everything.

Ziya Tong
“We like to think the water we drink is fresh, but scientist believe that water is older than the sun.”

Ziya Tong
- Water
- Sun
- Drink

Scientists believe that the invention of clothing in Africa was a key factor in allowing our ancestors to migrate into colder climates and to spread across the globe.

Ziya Tong
“Our data is valuable because that's how we are targeted as consumers. From the moment you turn on your computer or smartphone and begin to browse the internet, you are being invisibly followed.”

Ziya Tong
- Computer
- Data
- Followed
Actually, scientists don't know exactly how lice jumped from gorillas to our human ancestors. They speculate that we may have eaten them or perhaps slept in their nests.

Ziya Tong
- Scientists
- Nests
- Lice
“What we put out into the environment will eventually find its way back into our bodies.”

Ziya Tong
- Way
- Environment
- Find
“We may well be the only species on Earth to actively deprive our own kind from inhabiting a space when it is available.”

Ziya Tong
- Earth
- Space
- Species