Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. Ellsworth Huntington borderforestgood Change image and share on social
As a matter of fact, an ordinary desert supports a much greater variety of plants than does either a forest or a prairie. Ellsworth Huntington desertfactforest Change image and share on social
Today, no less than in the past, the tetrahedral form of the earth and the relation of the tetrahedron to the poles and to the equator preserve the conditions that favor rapid evolution. Ellsworth Huntington conditionearthequator Change image and share on social
America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton. Ellsworth Huntington americaboneearth Change image and share on social
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 bindforeverinnate Change image and share on social
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. Ellsworth Huntington asiacentralevidence Change image and share on social
Although farming of any sort was almost as impossible in the plains as in the dry regions of winter rains farther west, the abundance of buffaloes made life much easier in many respects. Ellsworth Huntington abundancebuffaloeeasy Change image and share on social
The Negro, however, has been tested on an extensive scale. Ellsworth Huntington extensivenegroscale Change image and share on social
We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers. Ellsworth Huntington beautygreathealer Change image and share on social
No part of the world can be truly understood without a knowledge of its garment of vegetation, for this determines not only the nature of the animal inhabitants but also the occupations of the majority of human beings. Ellsworth Huntington animalbeingdetermine share on social
