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THE Oxford meeting of the British Association naturally recalls to one's mind the famous controversy about evolution, the fact of which is now universally accepted despite little outbursts where old modes of thought survive on the fringes of civilisation. The application of the idea of evolution to the study of mankind has been carried very far, and we have especially Elliot Smith's recent summary with its emphasis on correlated improvements of eyes, brain, and hands. I shall not venture upon the ground so well covered by one of our greatest leaders, but shall merely add a few points necessary for my main purpose, which is an attempt to outline the field of research into the distribution of the characteristics of modern living men.
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FLEURE, H. The Regional Balance of Racial Evolution1. Nature 118, 380–383 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118380a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/118380a0