This article is exceedingly short on conclusions. Not sure what its point actually is. Furthermore, there is little in the history it recounts that is actually

This article is exceedingly short on conclusions. Not sure what its point actually is. Furthermore, there is little in the history it recounts that is actually about race. It seems, rather, to be about societies, regardless of race. In fact, I would argue it was rather progressive for the time, arguing, essentially, that if another people, regardless of their race, does what Europeans do, they will get the same physical results as Europeans. Not exactly a controversial opinion, however tenuous the specifics might be.