• High-altitude adaptation in humans is an instance of evolutionary modification in certain human populations, including those of Tibet in Asia, the Andes...
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    The effects of high altitude on humans are mostly the consequences of reduced partial pressure of oxygen in the atmosphere. The medical problems that are...
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    Highlands respectively. The adaptation of humans to high altitude is an example of natural selection in action. High-altitude adaptations provide examples of...
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    differences in climate. Particularly strong selective pressures have resulted in high-altitude adaptation in humans, with different ones in different isolated...
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  • Neanderthals. In particular, Africans share 7.2% Neanderthal DNA with Europeans but only 2% with East Asians. Some climatic adaptations, such as high-altitude adaptation...
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  • Cold and heat adaptations in humans are a part of the broad adaptability of Homo sapiens. Adaptations in humans can be physiological, genetic, or cultural...
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    EPAS1 (category Genes on human chromosome 2)
    However, several characterized alleles of EPAS1 contribute to high-altitude adaptation in humans. One such allele, which has been inherited from Denisovan...
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  • research on people living in extremely high mountains became the frontier in understanding human evolution and high-altitude adaptation. Her groundbreaking...
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  • Young, Andrew J.; Reeves, John T. (2002). "21". Human Adaptation to High Terrestrial Altitude. In: Medical Aspects of Harsh Environments. Vol. 2. Borden...
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    1962, p. 119 Bliss 1971, p. 407 Bliss 1962, pp. 127–128 Billings 1974 "High Altitude Plants". Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation. Archived from...
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