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Comment author: hairyfigment 10 June 2011 08:16:11PM 2 points [-]

That does interest me. Why did people citing Boas think it made sense to talk about "the American environment"? Even the USA had 48 states by the end of February 1912.

From the OP:

the full range of average capacities is seen in Native American groups, as they historically occupied the full range of latitudes, say the study authors.

Comment author: [deleted] 20 February 2012 10:00:37AM 2 points [-]

That does interest me. Why did people citing Boas think it made sense to talk about "the American environment"? Even the USA had 48 states by the end of February 1912.

Think of it as a category like "developed world".