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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America is the last great goal of these migrations.
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The human organism inherits so delicate an adjustment to climate that, in spite of man's boasted ability to live anywhere, the strain of the frozen North eliminates the more nervous and active types of mind.
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In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north.
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From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment.
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Thus the races, though alike in their physical response to climate, may possibly be different in their mental response because they have approached America by different paths.
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The coast of British Columbia was one of the three chief centers of aboriginal America.
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America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.
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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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According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin.
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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.