Did a geographer in 64 BC propose that humans can overcome environmental limits?

💡 The Answer

• Strabo posited in 64 BC that humans can make things happen by their own intelligence over time.
• He cautioned against assuming nature determines human actions.
• This is an early form of possibilism in cultural geography.
• It contrasts with environmental determinism that dominated later ecological studies.
• Possibilism later developed through scholars like Marshall Sahlins.