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  2. Genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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    The genetic history of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas is divided into two distinct periods: the initial peopling of the Americas from about 20,000 to 14,000 years ago (20–14 kya), and European contact, after about 500 years ago. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The first period of the genetic history of Indigenous Americans is the determinant factor for ...

  3. High-altitude adaptation in humans - Wikipedia

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    Though Andean highlander children show delayed body growth, change in lung volume is accelerated. [41] Quechua woman with llamas. Among the Quechua people of the Altiplano, there is a significant variation in NOS3 (the gene encoding endothelial nitric oxide synthase, eNOS), which is associated with higher levels of nitric oxide at high altitude ...

  4. Dual inheritance theory - Wikipedia

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    Dual inheritance theory (DIT), also known as gene–culture coevolution or biocultural evolution, [1] was developed in the 1960s through early 1980s to explain how human behavior is a product of two different and interacting evolutionary processes: genetic evolution and cultural evolution. Genes and culture continually interact in a feedback ...

  5. Peruvians - Wikipedia

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    Peru is the fourth most populous country in South America. [ 19 ] Its demographic growth rate declined from 2.6% to 1.6% between 1950 and 2000, and its population is expected to reach approximately 46 - 51 million in 2050. [ 20 ] As of 2017, 79.3% lived in urban areas and 20.7% in rural areas. [ 21 ]

  6. Introduction to genetics - Wikipedia

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    Genetics is the study of genes and tries to explain what they are and how they work. Genes are how living organisms inherit features or traits from their ancestors; for example, children usually look like their parents because they have inherited their parents' genes. Genetics tries to identify which traits are inherited and to explain how ...

  7. Culture of Peru - Wikipedia

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    e. Peruvian cultureis the gradual blending of Amerindian cultures with European and Asian ethnic groups. The ethnic diversity and rugged geography of Peruallowed diverse traditionsand customs to co-exist. Peruvian culture has been deeply influenced by Native culture, Spanish culture, and Asian culture.

  8. Paracas culture - Wikipedia

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    The face of a snarling feline decorates the side of the vessel chamber, directly under the whistle spout. [ 1 ] The Paracas culture was an Andean society existing between approximately 800 BCE and 100 BCE, with an extensive knowledge of irrigation and water management and that made significant contributions in the textile arts.

  9. Heredity - Wikipedia

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    Genetics. Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.