Chapter 6: Human Adaptation

Study Questions

  1. What is developmental acclimatization?
  2. What is the relationship between body mass and temperature in mammals?
  3. What is the relationship between body shape and temperature in mammals?
  4. What is hypoxia?
  5. How does the growth of chest dimensions and lung volume differ in low-latitude and high-altitude populations?

 

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