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SUBMITTER: Haas R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5493927 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Haas Randall R Stefanescu Ioana C IC Garcia-Putnam Alexander A Aldenderfer Mark S MS Clementz Mark T MT Murphy Melissa S MS Llave Carlos Viviano CV Watson James T JT
Royal Society open science 20170628 6
High-elevation environments above 2500 metres above sea level (m.a.s.l.) were among the planet's last frontiers of human colonization. Research on the speed and tempo of this colonization process is active and holds implications for understanding rates of genetic, physiological and cultural adaptation in our species. Permanent occupation of high-elevation environments in the Andes Mountains of South America tentatively began with hunter-gatherers around 9 ka according to current archaeological e ...[more]