ANTH 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Denisovan, Egln1, Epas1
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Only tookone generation for their premature birth rates to rise. Results in elevated heart rate,vasoconstriction and gulcuose release into the bloodstream. Human body not meant to have this high levels of cortisol. Result is detrimental effects: andean, tibetan and ethiopian high altitude adaptions. Tibetans: low hemoglobin concentrations, very low oxygen saturation, mutated form. Andeans: high hemoglobin concentrations, high oxygen saturation. At risk for chronic mountain sickness, blood clot, heart attack, stroke. Link to denisovans-u thiopians: low hemoglobin concentrations, oxygen saturation. Cbara1 vav3 arnt2 and thrb genes ] Andeans don"t have this gene possibly because only been there 11,000 years ish: anthropometrics in daily life. Actually standards for steps as a result. People who make these kind of things collect data on things like sitting height. Even stairs made with anthropometric measures: final exam. Multiple choice, short answer : skin pigmentation, why your skin is a certain color. Melanin: brownish- black pigment in the skin.
