Racial adaptations : a study of the origins, nature and significance of racial variations in humans

Carleton S. Coon, in full Carleton Stevens Coon, (born June 23, 1904, Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S.-died June 3, 1981, Gloucester, Massachusetts), American anthropologist who made notable contributions to cultural and physical anthropology and archaeology. His areas of study ranged from prehistoric agrarian communities to contemporary tribal societies in the Middle East, Patagonia, and the hill country of India.