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The evidence indicates that woman is, on the whole, biologically superior to man.

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Ashley Montagu
Age: 94 †
Born: 1905
Born: June 28
Died: 1999
Died: November 16
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Montague Francis Ashley-Montagu
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Israel Ehrenberg
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