Andes 1 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Andes 1

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People who visit the Andes Mountain Range in South America can feel the physical effects of lower oxygen levels at higher altitudes. However, some people who live there have evolved over hundreds of generations to tolerate these low-oxygen conditions.

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Elysia Cook McDermott

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