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NATURAL 
HISTORY 
Vol. 90. No. I. 
American Museum of Natural History 
Robert G. Goelet. President 
Thomas D. Nicholson, Director 
January 1981 
6 Authors 
12 The Ecology Movement After Ten Years Betty Radcliffe and 
Luther P. Gerlach 
It has shifted from group to individual actions, with energy 
as a new focus. 
20 This View of Life Stephen Jay Gould 
The Politics of Census 
26 A Naturalist at Large Valerius Geist 
Neanderthal the Hunter 
38 British Museum (Natural History) William E. Swinton. 
photographs by Lee Boltin 
One of the great institutions in our field celebrates t 
its centenary. 
48 The Acadians of Belle-Ile-en-Mer Naomi E.S. Griffiths. 
photographs by Henri Bancaud - 
These eighteenth-century boat people were a thorn in 
France's royal side. 
58 Olympic Mountain Goats Michael Hutchins and Victoria Stephens 
Some of Washington’s fragile alpine plants may not survive 
the introduction of this nimble herbivore. 
70 A Voyage in the East China Sea John D. Milliman 
It was the first Sino-American oceanographic project in 
more than thirty years. 
76 The Web of Hunger Myron Winick 
Food and the Fetus 
82 Sky Reporter Stephen P. Maran 
The Solar Shrink 
84 Celestial Events Thomas D. Nicholson 
86 At the American Museum 
Kurt Waldheim on Asian Peoples 
S 
92 Books in Review Peter T. Furst 
Divine Plants 
96 Additional Reading 
98 A Matter of Taste Raymond Sokolov 
The Taming of the Grain 
Cover: Some descendants of the exiled Acadians still practice traditional 
farming on Belle-Ile-en-Mer, an island off the coast of France. Photograph 
by Henri Bancaud. Story on page 48. 
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