In his article Race, Language, and Culture, Boas affirms this idea by stating “[if] we could show how people with exactly the same biological composition react in different types of environments, yes could earn a lot” (Boas 5). The message Boas was trying to convey to his audience was that differences do not make people or societies inferior or superior, but are simply adaptations to different environments. This also supports his belief that societies do not all follow the same evolutionary pattern, societies adapt in different ways and develop differently depending on what they are exposed to.