Carleton S. Coon Quote

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


The Origin of Races, Chapter 12 (p. 656), Alfred A. Knopf. 1966


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

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

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

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