Ellsworth Huntington

Curiously enough man's body and his mind appear to differ in their climatic adaptations. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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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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From first to last the civilization of America has been bound up with its physical environment. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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Geologists are rapidly becoming convinced that the mammals spread from their central Asian point of origin largely because of great variations in climate. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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In America the most widespread type of forest is the evergreen coniferous woodland of the north. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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In fact, the history of North America has been perhaps more profoundly influenced by man's inheritance from his past homes than by the physical features of his present home. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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It seems strange that almost no other traces of the strong vikings are found in America. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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Man could not stay there forever. He was bound to spread to new regions, partly because of his innate migratory tendency and partly because of Nature's stern urgency. ↗

— Ellsworth Huntington

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