“Among both the Northern and Eastern Hamites are to be found some of the most beautiful types of humanity.”

— Ashley Montagu

[Ashley, Montagu, An Introduction to Physical Anthropology – Third Edition, 1977/2011, 456]

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British-American anthropologist 1905–1999

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