Ellsworth Huntington
Ellsworth Huntington
Ellsworth Huntingtonwas a professor of geography at Yale University during the early 20th century, known for his studies on environmental determinism/climatic determinism, economic growth and economic geography. He served as President of the Ecological Society of America in 1917, the Association of American Geographers in 1923 and President of the Board of Directors of the American Eugenics Society from 1934 to 1938...
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accepted according french-scientist mankind races
According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.
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Surprising as it may seem, this study indicates that similar conditions are best for all sorts of races.
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America is the last great goal of these migrations.
asia central evidence french-scientist human migrations original outward points region
The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward.
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It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America.
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The Indians could not undertake any widespread cultivation of the plains not only because they lacked iron tools but also because they had no draft animals.
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After washing there was no place to pour the water except out of the window onto the heads of the people in the streets, which is the proper place to throw everything that is not wanted.
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The geysers and hot springs of the Yellowstone are another proof of recent volcanic activity.
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Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution.
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Again and again, to be sure, on the way to America, and under many other circumstances, man has passed through the most adverse climates and has survived, but he has flourished and waxed strong only in certain zones.
men records migration
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
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Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects.
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A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days.
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As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie.