Human Biology
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781259689796
Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 1BTH
What other environments do you think could be studied to look for examples of human adaptation?
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