What Ancient Geographer Proposed Possibilism in 64 BC?

💡 The Answer

• Strabo, a Greek geographer, argued in 64 BC that human intelligence can overcome environmental limits.
• He rejected the idea that physical environment solely determines human actions.
• Strabo viewed humans as active agents in partnership with nature.
• This concept later known as possibilism contrasted with environmental determinism.
• Marshall Sahlins revived it in cultural ecology.