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Anthropology

Warpy

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5. If he turns out to be Denisovan, he survived just fine

Reply to Shermann (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 25, 2021, 06:58 PM

Jun 2021

on the Tiobetan plateau, in Melanesia, and some Native American populations. He was especially the fittest at high altitude, since it was his genes that allowed people to adapt to extreme high altitude.

People in the Andes lack his advantages, so they resort to short stature, polycythemia, and coca.

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