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PROTECTION OF YOUNG 

 TABLE OF ADOLESCENCE 



Compiled by Dr. C. V. Noback, New York Zoological Park. 



regard to the prolongation of infancy. In general, development is 

 found to be more rapid in warm countries than it is in colder 

 regions. For this reason maturity, in practically all forms, is 

 reached at an earlier age among peoples in the tropics and semi- 

 tropics than among those who live in temperate and colder coun- 

 tries. This, however, cannot be accepted without admitting an 



