For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race. (Ellsworth Huntington)

For the source of any characteristic so widespread and uniform as this adaptation to environment we must go back to the very beginning of the human race.

Ellsworth Huntington

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