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According to Agassiz ’ s theory of polygenism animals, plants and humans were all created in “ special provinces ” each having distinct populations of species created in and for that province.

Agassiz claimed plants, animals and humans did not originate in pairs but were created in large numbers.

According to Agassiz, the different races were created in different provinces, each race was indigenous to the province it was created in, he cited evidence from Egyptian monuments to prove that fixity of racial types had existed for at least five millennia.

According to Agassiz ’ s theory of polygenism all species are fixed, including all the races of humans and species do not evolve into other species.