Our Origins: Discovering Physical Anthropology (Fourth Edition)
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ISBN: 9780393614008
Author: Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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To discuss: The ways in which adaptive features may have become modern maladaptations.
Introduction: Humans show a high degree of adaptive flexibility. Moreover, different populations exhibit a wide range of genetic adaptations, for example, climate, and developmental adaptations, for example, to altitude. The developmental adaptations permit for survival for a longer period across a wide range of environmental settings.
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