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High-altitude adaptation in humans is an instance of evolutionary modification in certain human populations, including those of Tibet in Asia, the Andes of the Americas, and Ethiopia in Africa, who have acquired the ability to survive at altitudes above 2,500 meters (8,200 ft). [1]
Timoto–Cuica people was composed primarily of two tribes, the Timotes and the Cuicas, that inhabited in the Andean region of western Venezuela. They were closely related to the Muisca people of the Andes, who spoke a Chibcha language. The Timoto-Cuicas were not only composed of the Timoto and the Cuica tribes, but also the Mucuchíes, the ...
Gradually, as their descendants became acclimatised to the altitude, groups of humans began to move up and inhabit higher points of the Andes. [ 5 ] One of the earliest known Andean sites that have been properly investigated by archaeologists is that at Monte Verde in Southern Chile , which has been radiocarbon dated to 14,800 years ago.
This a category for indigenous groups living in the Andean region, including the Central Andes (Central Highlands, North Coast, Southern Highlands), the Northern Andes, and Southern Andes. Precolumbian Andean cultures are typically categorized in Category:Andean civilizations.
Those peoples living in the Andes and to the west were dominated by the Inca Empire, who had a complex, hierarchical civilization. It developed many cities, building major temples and monuments with techniques of highly skilled stonemasonry. An Native Peruvian mother and daughter from the Urus islands.
This theory has been described as "mountainization of the rain forest" for both geographical and cultural reasons: First, after the fall of the tropical forests, the scenery of the Amazonian Andes changed to resemble the barren mountains of the Andes; second, the people who settled there brought their Andean culture with them.
It is estimated that 81.6 million people live at elevations above 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). [30] Genetic changes have been detected in high-altitude population groups in Tibet in Asia, the Andes of the Americas, and Ethiopia in Africa. [31]
About half of all mountain people are in Asia, and there are large and rapidly growing populations in South and Central America. 70% live below 1,500 metres (4,900 ft), and less than 10% above 2,500 metres (8,200 ft). A very small number of people in the Himalayas and the Andes live permanently at elevations over 4,500 metres (14,800 ft). [16]