[God] created one man only, dictates Scripture to us, yet if the slightest trait [difference] was enough, there would easily stick out thousands of different species of man: they display, namely, white, red, black and grey hair; white, rosy, tawny and black faces; straight, stubby, crooked, flattened, and aquiline noses; among them we find giants and pygmies, fat and skinny people, erect, humpy, brittle, and lame people, etc., etc. But who with a sane mind would be so frivolous as to call these distinct species? —Carl Linnaeus, Critica Botanica, 1737

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共同生活的邀请

[上帝]只创造了一个男人，对我们来说是圣经，但是如果最细微的特征[差异]足够，就会轻易地伸出成千上万种不同的男人：它们展现出白色，红色，黑色和灰色的头发；白，玫瑰色，黄褐色和黑色的面孔；鼻子笔直，粗短，弯曲，扁平和扁线。其中有巨人和侏儒，胖瘦的人，勃起，矮胖，易碎和la腿的人等。但是，谁拥有一个理智的头脑，那么轻率，以至于可以将这些独特的物种称为？卡尔·林奈（Carl Linnaeus），植物学评论家（Critica Botanica），1737年