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Ellsworth Huntington Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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