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If Africa was the cradle of mankind, it was only an indifferent kindergarten. Europe and Asia were our principal schools.

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What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
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Carleton S. Coon

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Born: June 23, 1904
Died: June 3, 1981 (aged 76)
Bio: Carleton Stevens Coon was an American physical anthropologist, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, lecturer and professor at Harvard University, and president of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.
Known for:
  1. The Races of Europe (1939)
  2. The Origin of Races (1962)
  3. Caravan: The Story of the Middle East (1951)

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