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THE accumulation of knowledge has made specialisation inevitable. The different branches of science tend more and more to advance along lines which become narrower and deeper. It is refreshing, therefore, to read a book which draws upon many different sources of scientific knowledge for the study of a problem of wide interest.
Race, Sex and Environment:
a Study of Mineral Deficiency in Human Evolution. By J. R. de la H. Marett. Pp. 342. (London: Hutchinson's Scientific and Technical Publications, 1936.) 21s. net.
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Race, Sex and Environment:. Nature 137, 209 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137209c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137209c0