« While working on the march, I discovered the coercion suffered, in terms of displacement, by women, accused of all bad intentions. During Darwin's time, a woman walking alone in the city, especially in the evening, was suspected of soliciting and was at risk of arrest. These situations persist today in a majority of cultures. Darwin anticipates what is well understood today: one of the major challenges for humanity of tomorrow rests primarily on the education and freedom of young girls and women. This is not surprising in his mind since he belongs to a family whose grandfather, Erasmus, campaigned against slavery and for freedom. Among his relationships were the philosopher William Godwin and his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, a flamboyant pioneer of feminist struggles. »

« Another example of task division is the use of tools. Also in chimpanzees, it is the females who make and use tools, passing on their know-how to young people, with cultural traditions from one community to another - in the sense that practices are not innate, therefore transmitted by genes, but are the result of learning in a social setting. These skills are diffused as females migrate in adolescence to breed in another community. This is a shadow of man, master of tools and machines... »

« It is thanks to this approach that we were able to establish our African origins around 6 million years ago, with a common ancestor shared with chimpanzees and bonobos, which is corroborated by the discoveries of fossils such as Toumaï or Orrorin. We start from what evolution has produced to reconstruct it. »