ANTH 316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Pastoral Farming, Nuclear Family, Himalayas
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Highly affected by all the political events in nepal in the first three quarters of the twentieth century. With altitude and climate clearly see a lot of the adaptations to the cold and elevation (increased vasoconstriction, cultural adaptations, etc. ) that were discussed in class. Location of the study good for agriculture especially as the himalayas go (?) Physically going and making contact with other villages seems to be at least somewhat difficult with modern stuff, was likely even worse in the past. Does the isolation allow for traits that favor higher elevations and lower. Primary source of actions in the past elders (those over 70), see this a lot in temperatures to develop more quickly, relatively speaking? ethnographies like this. At the very least village occupied for a while but has only grown in recent years. Made clear that they allow for changes to their adaptations to the cold and altitude as hypoxia especially has a certain human threshold.
